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Jan 18, 2005 | 1:41 pm

sanyuk

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RTW Itinerary Check

I've been hovering around this message board for about 9 months trying to soak up all your expertise. I'd really appreciate any feedback you have on my itinerary. I've read through the rules, the faq and and your posts as much as possible but I still fear I may have overlooked something.

1 year, 5 continents, 20 flights, 42K miles Here goes nothing ...

1 SFO JFK
2 JFK MAD
3 MAD CAI
4 DAM LHR
5 LHR BOM
6 DEL HKG
7 HKG PEK
8 TPE HKG
9 CGK SYD
10 SYD CNS
11 CNS SYD
12 SYD SCL
13 SCL IPC
14 IPC SCL
15 SCL GIG
16 CCS MIA
17 MIA BZE
18 CUN MIA
19 MIA YYZ
20 YYZ SFO

Last edited by sanyuk; Jan 18, 2005 at 2:41 pm

Jan 18, 2005 | 2:00 pm

wideman

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North America is a problem. Looks like you've got 2 trans-cons: SFO-JFK and MIA-YVR. (The MIA-YVR flight looks problematical to me, anyway -- I don't know of any OW carrier who flies that route.) Also, you can have only 1 stopover in NA if you start in SF, so you'd need to have a lot of short layovers.

Last edited by wideman; Jan 18, 2005 at 2:02 pm

Jan 18, 2005 | 2:28 pm

Gardyloo

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Also watch out for code shared American flights actually on Alaska planes - YVR-SFO as an example. AS is not an eligible carrier. I presume you also realize that buying the ticket in NA is very expensive compared to other parts of the world, plus you get max stopovers allowed in NA if you start and pay somewhere else.

Jan 18, 2005 | 4:05 pm

Japhydog

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Evidently he/she meant YYZ, as that is what it now says in the OP. Look fairly reasonable, but you're leaving a lot of miles on the table. Why waste segments with TPE HKG, when you can buy a really cheap ticket for this 1 hour flight? Other examples abound, but I'd seriously consider retooling to maximize your mileage (I'm doing an AONE5 with 67,000 flight miles). Of course the consideration is different if you are using this primarily for business.

Jan 19, 2005 | 6:37 am

wideman

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If the OP wished to change his/her post after a comment had been made about it, I think it might have been a bit more courteous to add a response rather than make an unexplained edit.

Anyway, the same problem exists with the revised itin, at least the itin as of 8:36am (Eastern US time) on 19 Jan.

Jan 19, 2005 | 10:18 am

sanyuk

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Thanks for the feedback

The message does say its been edited so I'm not sure about all the fuss is about. Maximizing miles is a goal but my main goal is to hit all the places I'm interested in going in the timeline that I've got to work with. 67, 000 is beyond amazing! I will definately look into tweaking some flights now that the major flaws in my plan (the NA stopovers/2 NA cross continentals) have been pointed out and will have to be changed.

I really appreciate your time taking a look at this

Jan 19, 2005 | 11:05 am