Trips me up every time... definite signs of senescence here. :(

Thanks for catching that. :)

Two weeks is tough
 

Firstly, two weeks is tough on the body, I used to do two RTWs a month. Are you really going to see what you want to see doing this much so fast?

If start with how many days you want to spend somewhere, it may fall into place again. Saving the LON to Middle East/longer Europe is a good idea for later.

Gaza is trying the same thing on the BA site for ex WAW ticketing and is having trouble with BA as they want a Polish credit card.

Ex IST is popular. The reason that Egypt is popular is both price and the longhaul-ality(?) of the status points that you get for starting there in comparison with the Club your-rope product awards for status points. You could Ryanair to the UK and then get a cheap charter ticket to CAI...

For exiting Asia to US, you could try going out of NRT on AA. This would allow you to come in somewhere closer to KUL. Say LHR BKK and then BKK-SIN surface KUL then KUL-HKG-NRT. This would save a coupon, require only a one way fare to KUL and the surface is allowed under routing rule 8. Oh for the days of the QF flight between SIN and KUL that I used to use twice a month. This link may be interesting:
http://www.kiat.net/klia/airlines.html

The suggested routes have not got a US transcontinental sector if you are on a mileage run. What you really need are a set of 2000 mile sectors to get the status points as you burn the North America 6 sector limit. Suggestions?

As for South America, Viajero, is that sign requiring "no import of sperm" still in SCL customs? It may be a good Catholic Irishman we have here who may need to talk to the Pope before any stopover.

All the best

Spotwelder

Last time I looked, yes, but will recheck for you in a couple of weeks, when I go to SCL. I feel certain, however, that unless your intentions for visiting the country are a bit on the wild side, the Chilean Department of Agriculture will be quite happy lo let you pass without let or hindrance.

We'll have to see how we can possibly comply :D :D

No seriously, thanks for the help to date - As we don't have over two weeks, the cities that we definitely want to visit on this trip are:-

HKG, SIN, NRT, HNL(new request), MIA (possibly?), GIG(for Carnival), Possibly SCL or LIM, and DXB in Europe on second trip.

The others are nice to do, and will contribute greatly to the miles, and we'd like to do as much as poss (comfortably) within the time.

Looks like we are at:-

WAW-LHR-NRT (All seems fine - well it is easy at this point ;) )
NRT-HKG-SIN-BKK-HKG (can we go from HKG to HNL and onwards to NA, MIA and then onwards to GIG (maybe via other SA city ?)
We would therefore complete our NA legs before going to SA and take the BA GIG-LHR flight back to EU.

Would probably like to use WAW to depart as it is easiest to get to from Ireland ...

I look forward to your thoughts !

John P.

No. HNL can only be done from Australia, on the way to North America, or v.v.

Thanks Viajero - let me consult with my friend and come back to you guys on our latest thoughts ....

We really appreciate your help on our first RTW !! ^

John P