Star Alliance Round the World Award Ticket
Apr 1, 2011, 9:49 am
#1
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Star Alliance Round the World Award Ticket
After extensive googling and many different results, I've come to the final place for help on getting the facts on a *A RTW Award Ticket
* The *A site has no info on Award Tickets that I could find.
* Continental tells you the miles required for a RTW ticket (160k econ, 220k bus) but no info on stops.
* United says "You can have five stopovers on a RTW Award Ticket".
* Lufthansa says "seven stopovers, ten segments and 180k for econ, 325 for bus".
* I called Continental and was transferred to the *A team and told that you can have six stopovers, but 16 coupons.
What is the real deal on how this works?
* The *A site has no info on Award Tickets that I could find.
* Continental tells you the miles required for a RTW ticket (160k econ, 220k bus) but no info on stops.
* United says "You can have five stopovers on a RTW Award Ticket".
* Lufthansa says "seven stopovers, ten segments and 180k for econ, 325 for bus".
* I called Continental and was transferred to the *A team and told that you can have six stopovers, but 16 coupons.
What is the real deal on how this works?
Apr 1, 2011, 12:58 pm
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Originally Posted by michaelomaniac;
After extensive googling and many different results, I've come to the final place for help on getting the facts on a *A RTW Award Ticket
* The *A site has no info on Award Tickets that I could find.
* The *A site has no info on Award Tickets that I could find.
That's because there is in fact no such thing as a *A RTW Award ticket. RTW awards, like all awards, are offered and administered by the individual FFPs. Wherever you have the miles / points that you want to use, that's whom you have to ask.
cheers,
Henry
Apr 1, 2011, 3:35 pm
#3
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FWIW, the info you got from Continental that you shared above is accurate. It is also worth noting that their award chart - currently the best in *A for RTW awards in my opinion - is going to change on June 15 and they will be a much worse value.
Where are your miles accrued? That will drive the real rules that you need to understand and play by.
Where are your miles accrued? That will drive the real rules that you need to understand and play by.
Apr 1, 2011, 4:15 pm
#4
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After extensive googling and many different results, I've come to the final place for help on getting the facts on a *A RTW Award Ticket
* The *A site has no info on Award Tickets that I could find.
* Continental tells you the miles required for a RTW ticket (160k econ, 220k bus) but no info on stops.
* United says "You can have five stopovers on a RTW Award Ticket".
* Lufthansa says "seven stopovers, ten segments and 180k for econ, 325 for bus".
* I called Continental and was transferred to the *A team and told that you can have six stopovers, but 16 coupons.
What is the real deal on how this works?
* The *A site has no info on Award Tickets that I could find.
* Continental tells you the miles required for a RTW ticket (160k econ, 220k bus) but no info on stops.
* United says "You can have five stopovers on a RTW Award Ticket".
* Lufthansa says "seven stopovers, ten segments and 180k for econ, 325 for bus".
* I called Continental and was transferred to the *A team and told that you can have six stopovers, but 16 coupons.
What is the real deal on how this works?
So if your miles are with CO then only the CO information is the relevant one, even if some of your flights might be operated by LH, TG etc. The CO forum will also have a lot of information on how to use such an award.
Apr 1, 2011, 5:25 pm
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My miles are all in Amex points, so I can transfer them to almost whichever airline I want (BA, CO, Delta, Qantas, etc). I was thinking about honeymoon to Australia and Male through Singapore.
Apr 2, 2011, 2:47 am
#6
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Unless you have an Australian Amex (Platinum Charge or Centurion) you can't transfer to Qantas. Also the transfer to CO will stop in the near future. I would try to research a RTW using CO and if you know the dates and flights transfer the points and make the booking. Puzzling a RTW award together is no easy and will take a lot of time.
Jun 11, 2013, 9:06 am
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Join Date: May 2013
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Hoping to revive this conversation and see if there were any updated experiences when trying to book a RTW Award trip.
My miles are with Singapore Air and they have the below on their website.
Star Alliance Round the World Awards
With Round The World Awards, you can travel around the world with the flexibility of multiple stopovers. Circle the globe and visit up to seven cities of your choice for just 180,000 KrisFlyer miles in Economy Class, 240,000 KrisFlyer miles in Business Class and 360,000 KrisFlyer miles in First Class.
My miles are with Singapore Air and they have the below on their website.
Star Alliance Round the World Awards
With Round The World Awards, you can travel around the world with the flexibility of multiple stopovers. Circle the globe and visit up to seven cities of your choice for just 180,000 KrisFlyer miles in Economy Class, 240,000 KrisFlyer miles in Business Class and 360,000 KrisFlyer miles in First Class.
Jun 11, 2013, 10:54 am
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Join Date: Sep 2000
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Hoping to revive this conversation and see if there were any updated experiences when trying to book a RTW Award trip.
My miles are with Singapore Air and they have the below on their website.
Star Alliance Round the World Awards
With Round The World Awards, you can travel around the world with the flexibility of multiple stopovers. Circle the globe and visit up to seven cities of your choice for just 180,000 KrisFlyer miles in Economy Class, 240,000 KrisFlyer miles in Business Class and 360,000 KrisFlyer miles in First Class.
My miles are with Singapore Air and they have the below on their website.
Star Alliance Round the World Awards
With Round The World Awards, you can travel around the world with the flexibility of multiple stopovers. Circle the globe and visit up to seven cities of your choice for just 180,000 KrisFlyer miles in Economy Class, 240,000 KrisFlyer miles in Business Class and 360,000 KrisFlyer miles in First Class.
