Originally Posted by sMk_

Sorry if this has already been answered, but is this itinerary possible:

AMS-FRA/ZRH-LAX-AKL
CHC/AKL-SIN-FRA/ZRH-AMS

Stopover in LAX (5 days), AKL (50 days), and SIN (5days).

Ideally in A or Z

Appreciate your feedback.

cheers,
sMk_

Originally Posted by steview111

Would the whole itinerary be protected in the event of a misconnect on Leg 1, as it's all on the same booking? If we misconnect on leg one (AMS-FRA-XXX) and therefore miss leg two (XXX-AKL), is that on us or the airline?

Found a fantastic fare including two first class segments, but with only 1 hour connection in FRA on leg one, I'm slightly hesitant to pull the trigger on it. Adding a day's buffer in XXX increases the price and downgrades the segment to Business.

Originally Posted by Takas

I need to book it again and it is still available for for limited dates...Cheapest I found was 3,700 USD.

Originally Posted by stephem

Wondering if someone can help suggest a routing and even a ballpark on pricing. Originally was thinking as LAX based we would route ex-AMS via Atl/Pac routing w stopover both ways in LAX but now we have an extra flight coupon back LAX-LHR and I think the crew has had enough European, ME and North Africa travel for a while. So I am thinking we burn the final segment to get back to London, the pick up AMS-XXX-YYY-SYD w the cheaper siberian/Asian routing w no stopover and fly back via Atl/PAc routing w/ a stopover in LAX on the return (and then hold the last segment for a future trip to Europe).

That should allow me to get the cheaper fare on the outbound and only have one stopover charge, plus it would be effectively a RTW which would be fun. Anyone have a ballpark on lowest business class pricing I might be able get that for?

Originally Posted by nufnuf77

of course - everything thats one 1 ticket is protected regardless of airline mix!

Originally Posted by PLeblond

I saw that the poster had a 5 day stopover in LAX so I wasn't sure how protection works in regards to a stopover.

Also, 5 day stopover...that would be some serious IRROPs

Originally Posted by steview111

If it was my question you were referring to, it’s just eight hours between arriving in SFO (or LAX) on leg one (LH) and departing on leg two (NZ). Somebody upthread mentioned that they got different PNRs for LH and NZ, hence why I wasn’t sure if the “connection” would be protected.

Thank you nufnuf for your answer. Next question then, can we check our bags all the way through from AMS to AKL?

Originally Posted by PLeblond

Those who want an example of the skills of nufnuf77, he recently posted this in a different thread. I was, to say the least, impressed.

GGL in one trip (requalifying)

Originally Posted by PLeblond

Those who want an example of the skills of nufnuf77, he recently posted this in a different thread. I was, to say the least, impressed.

GGL in one trip (requalifying)

Originally Posted by findark

I am new to this party and absolutely flabbergasted that it seems nothing other than Matrix can price this fare. It looks like people have been using TAs to professionally assemble tickets for this, but I was academically curious why on earth it seems like no other search engine is capable of pricing?
My best guess is that it seems like the routing tables are really persnickety about marketing carrier and so the solutions I get on Matrix are a careful combination of codeshares where primes would not route...

Originally Posted by cfischer

Nothing different from other complicated itineraries and/or RTW tickets. Just technical limitations, in principle this fare can be priced elsewhere