advice on upcoming itinerary
Jun 2, 2008 | 3:35 pm
#1
Original Poster
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Melbourne
Programs: BA GO, CX SL
Posts: 69
advice on upcoming itinerary
hi everyone,
just hoping for some lovely advice about an upcoming itinerary. was thinking about buying a circle asia fare plus a return ticket to london.
itinerary:
mel-bne-kix-land segment-nrt-lhr-sgn-mel
i wanted to do some travelling in japan since i've never been and have heard awesome stories before heading back to the uk. now, i've been undecided about which city to fly to london from, there appears to be two options: nrt-lhr on jl or hkg-lhr on cx. those cities have connections to sgn on the return leg.
what would be the most affordable way to ticket this itinerary?
thanks in advance for any insights!
just hoping for some lovely advice about an upcoming itinerary. was thinking about buying a circle asia fare plus a return ticket to london.
itinerary:
mel-bne-kix-land segment-nrt-lhr-sgn-mel
i wanted to do some travelling in japan since i've never been and have heard awesome stories before heading back to the uk. now, i've been undecided about which city to fly to london from, there appears to be two options: nrt-lhr on jl or hkg-lhr on cx. those cities have connections to sgn on the return leg.
what would be the most affordable way to ticket this itinerary?
thanks in advance for any insights!
Jun 2, 2008 | 4:20 pm
#2
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Austin
Posts: 4,635
hi everyone,
just hoping for some lovely advice about an upcoming itinerary. was thinking about buying a circle asia fare plus a return ticket to london.
itinerary:
mel-bne-kix-land segment-nrt-lhr-sgn-mel
i wanted to do some travelling in japan since i've never been and have heard awesome stories before heading back to the uk. now, i've been undecided about which city to fly to london from, there appears to be two options: nrt-lhr on jl or hkg-lhr on cx. those cities have connections to sgn on the return leg.
what would be the most affordable way to ticket this itinerary?
thanks in advance for any insights!
just hoping for some lovely advice about an upcoming itinerary. was thinking about buying a circle asia fare plus a return ticket to london.
itinerary:
mel-bne-kix-land segment-nrt-lhr-sgn-mel
i wanted to do some travelling in japan since i've never been and have heard awesome stories before heading back to the uk. now, i've been undecided about which city to fly to london from, there appears to be two options: nrt-lhr on jl or hkg-lhr on cx. those cities have connections to sgn on the return leg.
what would be the most affordable way to ticket this itinerary?
thanks in advance for any insights!
Jun 2, 2008 | 5:00 pm
#3
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: MEL
Posts: 2,441
Are you planning on flying in First, Business or Economy?
If you're starting in MEL, planning on seeing parts of Asia, then going to the UK and then returning to Australia, a oneworld Explorer (RTW) ticket may be better, rather than a Circle Asia & SWP ticket coupled with a flight to London and back.
The Circle Asia & SWP ticket is mileage based, so the precise routing matters. You can't fly SGN-MEL on a oneworld airline. QF has a codeshare on Vietnam Airlines but you can't use that on a Circle Asia ticket. Determining the precise routing thus becomes important for determining whether it fits in the 13,000 or 17,000 mile variations of the ticket.
For example, mel-bne-kix-nrt-sgn-hkg-mel is 13,809 miles so pushes you up to the 17,000 mile variant.
The oneworld Explorer tickets in First and Business are relatively expensive ex-Australia but the economy ticket is relatively cheap, so depending on what class you plan on flying, that may impact the optimum ticket combination. However, on that ticket, you would have to do all your Asia stops (i.e., Japan and SGN) consecutively as you can't stop in Asia again (once you've left the region the first time). That obviously may not work for you.
If you're starting in MEL, planning on seeing parts of Asia, then going to the UK and then returning to Australia, a oneworld Explorer (RTW) ticket may be better, rather than a Circle Asia & SWP ticket coupled with a flight to London and back.
The Circle Asia & SWP ticket is mileage based, so the precise routing matters. You can't fly SGN-MEL on a oneworld airline. QF has a codeshare on Vietnam Airlines but you can't use that on a Circle Asia ticket. Determining the precise routing thus becomes important for determining whether it fits in the 13,000 or 17,000 mile variations of the ticket.
For example, mel-bne-kix-nrt-sgn-hkg-mel is 13,809 miles so pushes you up to the 17,000 mile variant.
The oneworld Explorer tickets in First and Business are relatively expensive ex-Australia but the economy ticket is relatively cheap, so depending on what class you plan on flying, that may impact the optimum ticket combination. However, on that ticket, you would have to do all your Asia stops (i.e., Japan and SGN) consecutively as you can't stop in Asia again (once you've left the region the first time). That obviously may not work for you.
Jun 3, 2008 | 11:29 am
#4
Original Poster
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Melbourne
Programs: BA GO, CX SL
Posts: 69
Are you planning on flying in First, Business or Economy?
If you're starting in MEL, planning on seeing parts of Asia, then going to the UK and then returning to Australia, a oneworld Explorer (RTW) ticket may be better, rather than a Circle Asia & SWP ticket coupled with a flight to London and back.
The Circle Asia & SWP ticket is mileage based, so the precise routing matters. You can't fly SGN-MEL on a oneworld airline. QF has a codeshare on Vietnam Airlines but you can't use that on a Circle Asia ticket. Determining the precise routing thus becomes important for determining whether it fits in the 13,000 or 17,000 mile variations of the ticket.
For example, mel-bne-kix-nrt-sgn-hkg-mel is 13,809 miles so pushes you up to the 17,000 mile variant.
The oneworld Explorer tickets in First and Business are relatively expensive ex-Australia but the economy ticket is relatively cheap, so depending on what class you plan on flying, that may impact the optimum ticket combination. However, on that ticket, you would have to do all your Asia stops (i.e., Japan and SGN) consecutively as you can't stop in Asia again (once you've left the region the first time). That obviously may not work for you.
If you're starting in MEL, planning on seeing parts of Asia, then going to the UK and then returning to Australia, a oneworld Explorer (RTW) ticket may be better, rather than a Circle Asia & SWP ticket coupled with a flight to London and back.
The Circle Asia & SWP ticket is mileage based, so the precise routing matters. You can't fly SGN-MEL on a oneworld airline. QF has a codeshare on Vietnam Airlines but you can't use that on a Circle Asia ticket. Determining the precise routing thus becomes important for determining whether it fits in the 13,000 or 17,000 mile variations of the ticket.
For example, mel-bne-kix-nrt-sgn-hkg-mel is 13,809 miles so pushes you up to the 17,000 mile variant.
The oneworld Explorer tickets in First and Business are relatively expensive ex-Australia but the economy ticket is relatively cheap, so depending on what class you plan on flying, that may impact the optimum ticket combination. However, on that ticket, you would have to do all your Asia stops (i.e., Japan and SGN) consecutively as you can't stop in Asia again (once you've left the region the first time). That obviously may not work for you.
i'll be flying economy and am pretty flexible. it appears that my itinerary may cost equivalent to an explorer fare anyway. like you said, this may not work for me since i planned to spend only a short time in japan, so to go to via north america or south america, i may need to dedicate more time there.
cheers.