RTW on Skyteam?
Apr 11, 2009 | 2:29 am
#331
Join Date: Oct 2006
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RTW and Flying Blue
Apr 30, 2009 | 1:06 pm
#332
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I'm thinking of buying a ST C-RTW ex-EU. Are there any specials going on now? Or is it still about 6500 before taxes and surcharges?
May 8, 2009 | 8:30 am
#333
Join Date: Feb 2004
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Programs: KL/AF FB Plat, Hilton Silver, La Quinta Gold
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The good old "World traveller" or "World Journey" RTW program (with amongst others CO, KL, NW, MH) will be discontinued from October 2009, also the month in which CO will leave Skyteam.
According to:
http://www.travelonline.co.za/rtwfares_worldjourney.asp
According to:
http://www.travelonline.co.za/rtwfares_worldjourney.asp
May 8, 2009 | 2:38 pm
#334
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As per previous posts, check pricing ex-UK and ex-ZAG...My hunch is that, unless you need the 39,000-mile one, you should be able to do a bit better than that price...
May 8, 2009 | 7:59 pm
#335
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: IAH
Programs: UA MM, AA almost MM
Posts: 1,276
Hi,
Always want to do a RTW trip. Might be able to talk hubby into it this time. Please help me understand how it works. It appears that I have call my airline which is CO to make reservations and get pricing, right? Is there anyway to do this on CO.COM? From reading the previous posts, prices depending on the originating city. Would one of you experts mind tell me the cost for EX-IAH?
Always want to do a RTW trip. Might be able to talk hubby into it this time. Please help me understand how it works. It appears that I have call my airline which is CO to make reservations and get pricing, right? Is there anyway to do this on CO.COM? From reading the previous posts, prices depending on the originating city. Would one of you experts mind tell me the cost for EX-IAH?
May 22, 2009 | 9:42 am
#337
Join Date: Nov 2006
Programs: UA/1k
Posts: 129
The good old "World traveller" or "World Journey" RTW program (with amongst others CO, KL, NW, MH) will be discontinued from October 2009, also the month in which CO will leave Skyteam.
According to:
http://www.travelonline.co.za/rtwfares_worldjourney.asp
According to:
http://www.travelonline.co.za/rtwfares_worldjourney.asp
May 22, 2009 | 11:32 am
#338
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: EVN
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May 29, 2009 | 7:59 am
#340
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Jun 20, 2009 | 10:56 am
#342
Join Date: Jul 2005
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Jul 6, 2009 | 5:50 am
#343
Join Date: Mar 2008
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Earning miles on RTW tickets?
Hi folks! I'm a RTW novice, so please forgive me if this is question is either stupid or answered elsewhere (though I haven't been able to find it), 
but does anybody know how FFP miles are awarded for a paid RTW itinerary?
To be a wee bit more specific: if I buy, say, a business-class RTW 29,000 miles package, do I get the "I/J/Z/C" rate for exactly 29,000 miles, or do I get miles awarded for each segment actually flown?
The latter could work out quite well if I take a few European (and/or US domestic) short hops, as I'm with Flying Blue and I'll get a minimum of 1,500 level miles for any I/Z/C class Europe Select segments. This also seems to me to be a half-decent way of maintaining elite/elite+ status - if it works at all!
Thanks for your help.
-- Henry
but does anybody know how FFP miles are awarded for a paid RTW itinerary?To be a wee bit more specific: if I buy, say, a business-class RTW 29,000 miles package, do I get the "I/J/Z/C" rate for exactly 29,000 miles, or do I get miles awarded for each segment actually flown?
The latter could work out quite well if I take a few European (and/or US domestic) short hops, as I'm with Flying Blue and I'll get a minimum of 1,500 level miles for any I/Z/C class Europe Select segments. This also seems to me to be a half-decent way of maintaining elite/elite+ status - if it works at all!
Thanks for your help.
-- Henry
Jul 6, 2009 | 6:56 am
#344
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Hi folks! I'm a RTW novice, so please forgive me if this is question is either stupid or answered elsewhere (though I haven't been able to find it), but does anybody know how FFP miles are awarded for a paid RTW itinerary?
To be a wee bit more specific: if I buy, say, a business-class RTW 29,000 miles package, do I get the "I/J/Z/C" rate for exactly 29,000 miles, or do I get miles awarded for each segment actually flown?
The latter could work out quite well if I take a few European (and/or US domestic) short hops, as I'm with Flying Blue and I'll get a minimum of 1,500 level miles for any I/Z/C class Europe Select segments. This also seems to me to be a half-decent way of maintaining elite/elite+ status - if it works at all!
Thanks for your help.
-- Henry
but does anybody know how FFP miles are awarded for a paid RTW itinerary?To be a wee bit more specific: if I buy, say, a business-class RTW 29,000 miles package, do I get the "I/J/Z/C" rate for exactly 29,000 miles, or do I get miles awarded for each segment actually flown?
The latter could work out quite well if I take a few European (and/or US domestic) short hops, as I'm with Flying Blue and I'll get a minimum of 1,500 level miles for any I/Z/C class Europe Select segments. This also seems to me to be a half-decent way of maintaining elite/elite+ status - if it works at all!
Thanks for your help.
-- Henry
Jul 6, 2009 | 7:09 am
#345
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I think whether you get 125% or 150% or 200% per segment will depend on what program you credit the miles too. If you are using FB, I'm not sure with the new rules. The flights themselves ought to be D class on a business RTW, but I haven't done a Skyteam RTW in a year or so.