Calling on all the experts...Before seaching and buying a One world RTW ticket the following is my itinerary (wish listed)

SYD/YVR;YVR/CPH;CPH/ROM;ROM/SYD

Now the problem is Cph to Rome.Can I take a BA flight from Cph via Lon to Rome.That is the problem as there are no One world airlines that fly Cph to Rome

Thanks for any ideas

A variance could be Yvr/Ams;Ams/Cph then onto Rom etc

From SYD to YVR you'll have to go via HKG for the short version. You're going to be stuck passing through Asia on the way back anyway, so it won't add any extra continents. If you want to avoid Asia on the way out, you could fly SYD-HNL-DFW-YVR. In Europe you're hampered by the geographic location of the oneworld carriers' hubs, meaning you'll have to go through London for YVR-LHR-CPH-LHR-FCO-LHR, and from then on to SYD. AMS has the same problem. You'll still have plenty of segments to play with in North America and Asia, but you're maxed out in Europe.

Like WBT said, you probably don't have a choice in Europe, you'll have to go through London or Helsinki to go between CPH and Rome.

It sounds like you want to minimise flying time, so you can try:

YVR-somewhere in NA-LHR/HEL-CPH-LHR/HEL-FCO-HKG-SYD, but I don't know what that's going to achieve by saving one segment in Europe, except to minimise flying time...

If you're looking to minimize flying time, have you considered a Star Alliance RTW? The UA/AC combination (and maybe Air NZ, whatever their TLA is) makes SYD-YVR easy, AC/SK to get to CPH, SK to ROM, then SQ or TG or en-zed back to Sids.

There are the suggested ways of doing this via HEL or LHR. There are alternatives depending upon which way you like to travel. Firstly, if you are after status points and miles then this gives a completely different way of answering the question from leave CPH at 1700 and get me to Rome for dinner!

As you are a QF member then I assume that the 1000+, 2700+ and 5000+ mileage barriers are of interest. Nobody has mentioned our Spanish cousins at Iberia for the Barcelona or Madrid hub alternatives.

If bored, then YVR to USA AA hub then back to West Coast USA and then Europe. This should chip in a couple of the 1000+ sectors in addition to the YVR direct. In addition, YVR to LHR is around 4710 miles, whereas LAX and SFO appear to break the 5000+ barrier. Just a thought for status points.

If you get stuck on 1W then you could consider taking Maersk Airlines from CPH to FCO. There minimum fare is about 69 Euro but it does not run every day of the week. www.cph.dk for the airport website, www.maersk-air.com/en for the airline. I used to use them a lot LGW to CPH and they had great service. The fares are sold on the basis of seat pitch, the more you pay the bigger the seat! I have not flown them since they converted to low cost carrier status. alitalia is known to offer bargins "Always Late In Take-off And Late In Arrival" is in financial trouble at the moment so it may be worth a punt at their site for a direct flight (and the endless strike delays and other such fun...)

In Europe, you are going to get stuck with the best of one 1000+ and one sub 1000 flight for the hubs between CPH and FCO. If you were to buy the additional ticket option for Europe then you would have enough sectors to do the mileage and status runs to the Middle East, you would not want CAI as it is sub 2700 but the Gulf states hit your pointless travel bonus area. Alternatively you could go out of Europe to BAH and then on to HKG...

good luck and happy landings.

spotwelder

You can always do a Global Explorer and fly SYD-NAN-YVR. Otherwise fly SYD-LAX and buy seperate ticket on AS for an o/w LAX-YVR (in economy class though) for as low as US$120 (Adv purch required).

YVR-CPH you may take BA and fly YVR-LHR-CPH. From CPH you can go via LHR to FCO, or if you do decide on the GE, you may take LX CPH-ZRH-FCO. Alternatively you may opt to fly ex-LAX to ZRH and then CPH.

Fare on GE is the same as a 4 continent. The only exception is that it's mileage based (max 34K miles) but since you're not doing much flying, this should work out fine.