Hi everyone,

My first RTW trip. Does this look like it applies to all the rules for One World - Global Explorer. 29K mileage.

BOS-DUB-LHR-NRT-BKK-SIN-SYD-CHC-AKL-PPT-JFK-BOS

Thanks for all your help! Its Appreciated.

Until JL joins OW there are no flights NRT-BKK. You'll need to go via HKG. This doesn't add much mileage.

According to GCM total mileage is about 27700 miles, so scope to add some more flights if you want.

Yes, and welcome to FT!

Kiwi Flyer, JL/JO are fine for the Global Explorer, as are QF codeshares on TN metal.

Thanks Gardyloo for correcting me - learn something on FT every day ^

Does anyone know the price USD for an additional stopover in a region with Global Explorer?

Say for example i fly back to PVD, a 1 hr drive south of Boston. And there are "maximum of two stopovers is permitted in your region of origin". 1 stop would be used in PVD, another somewhere else in USA later in the year (not going over the 29K and over the 20 flight segments) as a round trip somewhere back to (PVD-?-BOS).

Thank You

MA is also eligible for GE fares now, but RJ is not. It is only the OWE which hasn't been updated to include JL, MA and RJ ... and apparently won't be until April 2007 when these airlines join OW.

I don't know the GE costs as it is unattractive compared to OWE fares. Why are you booking a GE when it is easily doable using OWE routings? You get about 60K miles of travel for the same price, vs. 29K on the GE, so OWE is half the price on a per mile cost, plus the rules are generally flexible enough. The usual reason to book GE is to get to places that OW airlines do not fly to (but which can be reached on a GE fare), but your routing isn't like that.

I've gone through the rules a couple of times and I don't see any provision for adding additional stopovers, fee or no, within each area. Remember Area III includes both Oz/NZ and Asia.

It might be there and I just don't see it - wouldn't be the first time. The stopover limits are one of the big disadvantages of the GlobEx IMO.

Let me pose a provocative question. Is Tahiti that important? Reason being, a LONE4 Oneworld Explorer gives you a lot more options re stopovers and destinations than a 29K Y GlobEx, and the price for an LONE4 and LGLOB29 are just about the same. (If you buy either one in Britain, BTW, they're both around US$1500 cheaper than if bought in the US, and you can get to London and back from BOS for a lot less than that. Plus with the OWE you'd have six coupons to use in N. America - a lot more domestic travel than you'd get with the GlobEx.)

The downside is Tahiti - not reachable using the OWE except as a dead-end from Chile. OTOH you can get to other tropical paradise places with the OWE, or you can buy side tickets.

Just a thought.

Thanks for the help. I just called BA and the One World Explorer 4 is $2800 USD from LHR. A lot cheaper then $4100 from BOS. That is a no brainer to just get a cheap ticket from bos to lhr to start. And have flight left over in bos later in the year.

Are all the One Ex fares the same in Europe? Would leaving out of Paris or Dublin change the One World Explorer 4 fare?

What would you recommend to get to Fiji, Cook Islands, or Taihiti or one of the pacific islands? Is there a cheaper ticket from Oz or NZ?

Yes it would. Please read the sticky at the top of this forum - it includes all the latest known prices.

QF flies to Lord Howe Island, which is a lot nicer than most of the Pacific Islands, so that is one option on a OWE.

You won't be able to visit any of these (or the other south pacific islands except Lord Howe) on a One World Explorer (xONEx), although both Fiji and Tahiti (but not the other islands) are available on a Global Explorer thanks to QF codeshares on Air Pacific and Air Tahiti Nui respectively.

For side tickets, generally cheap and easy to get to from Auckland (except Tahiti flights are not as cheap as Cook Islands, Fiji, Samoa, Tonga, Noumea, Niue, Norfolk Island).

You can also fly to Noumea from SYD or BNE on the One World Explorer if you're so inclined as another South Pacific destination.

The Global Explorer ticket adds a lot of options in the South Pacific, you can get to lots of places using Air Pacific out of Fiji, like the Solomons, PNG, etc.

Here is a updated version of my ONE4:

LHR-NRT-HKG-BKK-SIN-CNS-BNE-SYD-CHC-SYD-HNL-ORD-BOS-SJU-BOS-MIA-BOS-DUB-ZRH-LHR

Does this conform to the ONE4 rules?

Thank you for your help.