RTW Fare Update
Feb 13, 2006 | 5:50 am
#61
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Originally Posted by tallboy
Can I ask a silly Q? If one buys a RTW ticket in a certain destination (eg., Dubai), does one actually have to commence the journey there/travel through there, or can you buy on site there and start/finish somewhere else?
Apologies if this has been covered earlier/elsewhere...
Apologies if this has been covered earlier/elsewhere...
You're also right that this has been covered, reading the sticky FAQs could provide you with some fruitful info.
Feb 13, 2006 | 10:39 am
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Originally Posted by Markie
Thanks for the advice - but I assume that several of them are out of date - as with Egypt? Or am I wrong?
Feb 22, 2006 | 7:09 am
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Yikes!
Am I seeing this right... Is Egypt like doulbe AONEX from what it used to be just 2 or so years ago?
Really seems like OW is closing the noose on the very low cost countries. Guess I shouldn't have waited this long to really start planning out a RTW
What are the "realistic" best options? I see the price list, but are the lowest cost places doable? (PM me if discretion is needed in reply)
ps - I currently have enough award miles to get myself anywhere in the World I would need to go to get this thing started.
Really seems like OW is closing the noose on the very low cost countries. Guess I shouldn't have waited this long to really start planning out a RTW
What are the "realistic" best options? I see the price list, but are the lowest cost places doable? (PM me if discretion is needed in reply)
ps - I currently have enough award miles to get myself anywhere in the World I would need to go to get this thing started.
Feb 22, 2006 | 7:48 am
#64
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Originally Posted by WearyBizTrvlr
The Qantas Industry site which used to have the xONEx fares is now password protected, but some pages are still publicly accessible . Clicking around I found this:
(Emphasis added.)
Something tells me that it will not be a fare reduction.
(Emphasis added.)
Something tells me that it will not be a fare reduction.
/hv
Feb 22, 2006 | 12:04 pm
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Originally Posted by hvisti
At least the aones seem to be exactly the same as the pre 15.1. prices...
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http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showp...4&postcount=41
Feb 28, 2006 | 11:35 am
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I have a different stupid question than tallboy - can you blow off the last leg(s) that get you back to your origin? So if people are buying in Thailand or wherever, can they fly west around the world until they hit the US and then just stop? Thx!
Feb 28, 2006 | 11:58 am
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Originally Posted by johto
I have a different stupid question than tallboy - can you blow off the last leg(s) that get you back to your origin? So if people are buying in Thailand or wherever, can they fly west around the world until they hit the US and then just stop? Thx!
Feb 28, 2006 | 12:03 pm
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Realized I had one more (and I am reading up on the FAQs and searching)... none of the rules are exactly clear on if overland segments are allowed. I assume they are, because the desktop tool seems to allow you to add them, and places like Airtreks supports them?
Thanks!
Thanks!
Feb 28, 2006 | 12:44 pm
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Originally Posted by johto
Realized I had one more (and I am reading up on the FAQs and searching)... none of the rules are exactly clear on if overland segments are allowed. I assume they are, because the desktop tool seems to allow you to add them, and places like Airtreks supports them?
Thanks!
Thanks!
the concept of rtw tickets is to travel 'round the world'. starting in asia, but stopping in usa is not a 'round the world' trip. again, with a few exceptions (middle east, africa, south america, usa/canada), one must end a trip in the same country as where one began the trip.
Feb 28, 2006 | 1:03 pm
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Originally Posted by headinclouds
no transoceanic surface segments.
Feb 28, 2006 | 1:12 pm
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Originally Posted by Gardyloo
That was amended recently to allow one "transoceanic" surface seg for travel originating in the SWP. Not clear on the rationale.
Mar 1, 2006 | 2:33 pm
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I get the part about not wanting to 'give up' a trans-pacific.
But what do you mean by risk?
If for example my start was bkk and it ended with scl-jfk-hkg-bkk and I decided not to take the last segment (hkg-bkk) and end at hkg. What could they do? Tell me I didn't complete the RTW that was ticketed and i owe them money? Doesn't sound right.
But what do you mean by risk?
If for example my start was bkk and it ended with scl-jfk-hkg-bkk and I decided not to take the last segment (hkg-bkk) and end at hkg. What could they do? Tell me I didn't complete the RTW that was ticketed and i owe them money? Doesn't sound right.
Originally Posted by NoWindowSeat
A search will give you many more comments about this often discussed topic, it depends on the level of risk you are willing to take...I know most of us are not willing to risk throwing away a trans-pacific coupon.
Mar 1, 2006 | 2:39 pm
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Originally Posted by TravelGuy1965
....If for example my start was bkk and it ended with scl-jfk-hkg-bkk and I decided not to take the last segment (hkg-bkk) and end at hkg. What could they do? Tell me I didn't complete the RTW that was ticketed and i owe them money? Doesn't sound right.