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Old Mar 8, 2006 | 10:22 am
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Round the world FF award ticket?

Does anyone know if SkyTeam has an around the world FF award ticket? I looked on the web site but it wasn't obvious if they had one or not.

I know American had one a few years ago.

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Old Mar 8, 2006 | 11:43 am
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yes, but it might depend on your airline, NW is (I believe) 140k for RTW.
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Old Mar 8, 2006 | 5:33 pm
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Originally Posted by cfischer
yes, but it might depend on your airline, NW is (I believe) 140k for RTW.
You do have to book it through the FFP on which you have the miles.

Read the sticky on the top of this forum. It is all about the RTW trips, both paid and reward. I know that the last 30 or so postings cover a lot of details on the reward options (I posted several of them).
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Old Mar 8, 2006 | 5:38 pm
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Yes they do. Most of the skyteam members offer this.
CO offers it for sure!

but depending on your destinations, it may or may not be possible or worth
it.
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Old Mar 8, 2006 | 5:40 pm
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http://www.skyteam.com/EN/benefits/a...orld/index.jsp
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Old Mar 15, 2006 | 12:22 am
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Impossible to get an award RTW in july and August with flying blue France.
No award seats, on all sky team airlines!
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Old Mar 15, 2006 | 12:25 am
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Originally Posted by jetboy3d
I know American had one a few years ago.

Thanks!
American still has one. It is a great bargain.
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Old Mar 15, 2006 | 3:37 pm
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Originally Posted by leonleonb
Impossible to get an award RTW in july and August with flying blue France.
No award seats, on all sky team airlines!
Let me guess -- you have very specific dates and destinations, right?

Just like all award travel reservations, you need to be flexible. And the agents aren't going to do the work for you to find the options unless they're really nice or you ask really nice.

What are your approximate dates and destinations? Maybe some folks here could help you out...
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Old Mar 19, 2006 | 10:46 am
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Originally Posted by sbm12
Let me guess -- you have very specific dates and destinations, right?

Just like all award travel reservations, you need to be flexible. And the agents aren't going to do the work for you to find the options unless they're really nice or you ask really nice.

What are your approximate dates and destinations? Maybe some folks here could help you out...
I have faxed to Flying blue a complete travel with all flights,(thanks to <http://matrix.itasoftware.com/cvg/dispatch/>) and after 2 weeks they snailed me : no possibility.
So I have been on saturday in a big Air france store to buy 2 travels, because no award possibility and told the agent about flying blue. She said she will try again.
I want to fly from CDG to YUL,LIM,SFO,NRT,SYD,ICN,SIN,CDG between 14th July and 15th august
I'll pay for a RTW4 business and want an award ticket for a friend.
With no award, I have to pay the same price for two tickets, and they are reserved, but in economy... hoping for few upgrades because of Platinum FB...
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Old Mar 19, 2006 | 11:10 am
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Originally Posted by leonleonb
hoping for few upgrades because of Platinum FB...
good luck
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Old Mar 19, 2006 | 1:46 pm
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Originally Posted by leonleonb
I have faxed to Flying blue a complete travel with all flights,(thanks to <http://matrix.itasoftware.com/cvg/dispatch/>) and after 2 weeks they snailed me : no possibility.
So I have been on saturday in a big Air france store to buy 2 travels, because no award possibility and told the agent about flying blue. She said she will try again.
I want to fly from CDG to YUL,LIM,SFO,NRT,SYD,ICN,SIN,CDG between 14th July and 15th august
I'll pay for a RTW4 business and want an award ticket for a friend.
With no award, I have to pay the same price for two tickets, and they are reserved, but in economy... hoping for few upgrades because of Platinum FB...
For starters, a RTW reward ticket is limited to only 6 destinations, so that is part of the problem. Also, If you have a specific itinerary then you are unlikely to get the reward; you need to have some flexibility in looking for reward tix.

Doing some very basic searching, I am seeing availability from YUL-LIM-SFO-NRT on the CO site. Many of these flights are actually NW operated, but they are all OK in the RTW award world. SYD will be tough, and will require flying KE via ICN, but it may be possible.

Happy travels.
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Old Mar 28, 2006 | 1:13 pm
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as stated before it is really hard to do an award RTW in the summer.i spent 2 weeks calling every night till i got the flight i needed.flights just open up though. also if i rember all the skyteam award for economy are 140k
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