Thanks again for the excellent feed back.....I never thought of SJU and Mrs T loves the idea (Know as throughing a bone!!)

I have reinvented the DONE4:

waw-lhr-auh-lax-sju-bos-dfw-anc-dfw-jfk-hkg-bom-bkk-hkg-akl-mel-cns-syd-lhr-waw = 62442 miles -/+....gives me the 20 segs. I might switch to dps instead of bom if I can go from dps to bkk without hkg getting its "hand out".

It would be 62442 vs 61899, Bali over BOM.............another bone for beloved wife. ^ ^

It would seem my next move is to contact AA RTW desk if all above looks good. I hope to have all flights outlined when I call, any other suggestions, this is my first shot so I am wide open for directions.Also I dread the phone contact so I what to have as many "ducks in row" as possiable. (I am hard of hearing , so much so that I have a "Service Dog" travel with me in N.A.but that is another thread!)

Again, thanks for the help,

TomT

I assume that you left out LHR as there is no direct flight from auh-lax otherwise everyone would take that loooong flight. Be aware that mel-cns is Y only on QF (when I checked last year), so you will only get 1.0 q-pts on AA as they will book it into L class. Many, but not all, flights cns-syd have Y only service. And don't be too obsessive with making EXP on 1 itinerary. If you get all but the last few q-points, an extra trip on AA won't be hard on you.

The AA RTW staff are very good in most cases, so don't worry about that.

You can't unfortunately. The only simple switch would be to do CMB instead of BOM. I would very definitely recommend Sri Lanka as a place to spend a few days - I had a great holiday a little while ago up in the hill country round Kandy.

Greetings again:

I had thought about CMB...so if dps is out except with a run through HKg I think we will do that.

I agree with not trying to do all through one DONE4, just want to get as close as possiable. We are hitting all the spots we want to AUH,SWP, BKK and HKG...with London for a show or so for MRs T. All else is to add the miles/points.

We have made one "run" this year and I do mean run, we got out of Boston just before the white stuff really hit the fan.We are also thinking of going to HNL in March....plus if we only do that one trip to HNL we still have BOS-LHR-WAW-LHR-BOS getting to the DONE4 and return. So I think we will have close to 15,000/17,000 miles/points going into the DONE4

What I am shooting for is to gain EXPLat mid trip SYD-LHR......would be fun breaking out the wine in mid air to celerbrate!!!

Thanks............to all.................

Greetings once again:

Well thanks to all out "there" I have called AA RTW desk and found them to be even better then I hoped....they worked around my lack of hearing and helped me to come up with the following:

waw-lhr-auh-lhr-lax-bos-dfw-anc-dfw-bos-overland-jfk-hkg-cmb-bkk-hkg-syd-cns-mel-akl-syd-lhr-waw

I pick my DONE4 up in waw in May....Right now the cost is suppose to be $5000.00+tax at waw.

I plan to recheck all the FT info on waw and buying the ticket.

Needless to say as so many before me have stated "I could not have done it without FT" I hope I can pass something baqck down the road.

Again, thanks to all,

TomT

I'm a first timer on *ONE*. I live in the UK and I'm consdiering flying ex-CAI. Been reading this forum and gained loads of info. However, I would like to ensure that I got it right.

Would appreciate feedback on the legiablity of this itenerary:
22 March-18 April:
CAI-LHR-HKG-MEL // MEL-SYD // SYD-CHC // CHC-AKL // AKL-SCL // SCL-LIM // LIM-EZE // EZE-LHR

Stop-over in LHR for 6 months then resume
1-24 November
LHR-BAH // BAH-HKG // HKG-ICN // ICN-TPE // TPE-NRT // NRT-LHR

If a stop-over is doable, I would break the trip and fly back to CAI for a long weekend. If not, I would have to take it as NRT-LHR-CAI.

Cheers...

Tom, unless you have a reason to go to AUH, I would do DXB instead for several reasons. First, immigration is easier and quicker. They are less likely to hassle you. Second, AUH is a dump. It looks like it was built in the 1960's and for all I know it was. Third, the lounge isnt as good. Finally, you have two flights a day instead of only one and the AUH continues on to MCT. So if you have a delay in MCT then you will be delayed as well. The day LHR-DXB flight is actually a really night flight, especially if you happen to get a 747.

No, this breaks the rules - you can't leave or enter a continent more than once, with a few specific exceptions, e.g. transiting through Asia to/from SWP, or through N. America to/from S. America. In your case you leave Europe LHR-HKG and then again BAH-HKG. No can do.

Greetings:

The AUH run was just for the miles/points and the fact that we only had been there transit once. DXB has a *WOOD so I see no reason not to do DXB since you recommended it...( A great example of FT help!!!) Thanks, and if you have any more "tid bits" they would be welcome.

Thanks for the tip.

I've revised it to:
CAI-LHR-HKG | HKG-MEL | MEL-SYD | SYD-CHC | CHC-AKL | AKL-SYD-BKK | BKK-LHR | LHR-HEL | HEL-LHR | LHR-BAH

Should work.. huh?

Nope. After AKL-SYD you have to keep going RTW; you cannot return to Europe via Asia.

Hi TomT. I write to you from the 4 points in Bur Dubai. I am finishing off an old AONE6 (pre 15 Apr 2003 rules) sniff sniff. The 4 points is perfectly adequate for me for 3000 SPG points per night. I stayed here about 6 months ago and internet access was a problem. This time, they upgraded me to an Executive floor, which has a pc and broadband. They are currently upgrading the whole hotel to wireless, which they say should be done "in 2 or 3 days".
I have also stayed at the Hilton here, which was very nice.
FYI I walked out of the terminal building straight to the taxi queue. No hassle taxi trip to the 4 points (talked cricket with the Indian driver the whole trip) cost US$8.50.
I have not visited AUH or MCT, but if you have not been to the ME before, and you are just doing a ONE MR, I would recommend DXB. YMMV.

Happy travels. John

Aside from backtracking thru Asia, It is still not a valid xONEx as you need to "cross" both the Pacific and the Atlantic Oceans. This means flight segments via North and/or South America are mandatory.

I agree with Viajero. Any rtw that includes SWP is a minimum of 4 continents. You only have 3 and aren't crossing the atlantic and pacific oceans as required by the rules.

Hi there:

Thanks for the infomation....can never have enough !