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'12 Honeymoon RTW (Expert help needed)
Hey all!
Been a lurker for a long, long time and finally decided to ask a few questions. I live in Eastern Europe and I am planning my upcoming honeymoon later this year. Going to Bora Bora for 2 weeks and always wanted to try something different than the "cattle class" I am used with :eek: Here's what I came up with. I am a total newbie, even though I spent hours reading about fares/surcharges/etc ... Your thoughts? The final amount before booking is 12,500 EUR for two. It's xCPH as it's closest to me and cheapest starting point. http://img821.imageshack.us/img821/4744/34200100.jpg Thanks! |
First Congrats!
Looking at your trip, not sure why CPH is the cheapest, maybe because your last segment on TG is an old 2 classs 747. But then again departure tax in Germany is getting out of hand too. Here is my suggestion, on your outbound to US, can you get from CPH to FRA/MUC/ZRH on LH/LX or even IST on TK and fly direct to LAX? Transiting from international to Domestic in ORD is pain in general. And less UACO domestic the better. NZ on certain days do fly LAX-PPT direct (ex, Sunday), this will save you some 5000+ miles and segments on back track from AKL. I think that will drop you a price category(<29,000 miles) and give you plenty of room to add another stop if you want. (Ex. HKG) Nevermind, forgot NZ no longer fly that route, only codeshare now. On your last leg, if you can get TG BKK-FRA/CDG on 773, it will have nicer seat than the BKK-CPH direct. |
Congratulations!!!
One suggestion - I am assuming you're flying to CPH to start your trip from Bulgaria, right? Have you thought about starting from IST instead of CPH? Price should come out roughly the same, you could fly directly to LAX, and the C product on TK will be nicer than SAS. I know it's very easy to get to IST from most of Eastern Europe, so just thought it might be an nice alternative. |
Thank you!
dcmike, you're right. Acutally, IST would be cheaper and a lot easier to reach from Bulgaria. Thanks for the tip! Let me see how the changes will affect the itinerary. |
It won't work. Choosing IST as start/end point bumps the total to 16k eur immediately. It's because as per http://www.wandr.me/RTW_Fares.aspx/ByProduct/CRWSTAR2 the starting price exCPH is $7352 and exIST is $10,312.
Czech Republic (PRG) is $7383, which is direct alternative to CPH. Thoughts? |
http://img51.imageshack.us/img51/2723/sa2y.jpg
This is how it looks with the last leg changed to 773. BUT when I change the outbound to US to LH.... :mad::mad::mad::mad::mad: http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/6304/sa3f.jpg How can I squeeze out those 77 miles... it's not possible without changing either the first or last leg :( |
There are three distance brackets for these tickets: 29000, 34000 and 39000 miles. You could either save some money bringing the itinary below 29000 or max it out a bit more and still staying below 34000.
The best tool to get the approximate mileage (and actually see where you are wasting miles is this: http://www.gcmap.com/ You could also route the RTW thru your home airport at the end and then not take the last flight. |
Originally Posted by mlqsko
(Post 18004742)
This is how it looks with the last leg changed to 773.
BUT when I change the outbound to US to LH.... :mad::mad::mad::mad::mad: How can I squeeze out those 77 miles... it's not possible without changing either the first or last leg :( |
How about this? Under 34K miles, and stops in Sofia on the way back saving you a positioning flight.
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/DU...sBLXkVQY=w1600 Chris |
You've got a number of flights on NZ and I can appreciate that you would want to experience some of the other companies too. However, NZ long-haul business class is arguably the best in Star Alliance. If you start with CPH-lhr-lax-LAS you can save over 200 miles.
cheers, Henry |
Originally Posted by henry999
(Post 18014065)
You've got a number of flights on NZ and I can appreciate that you would want to experience some of the other companies too. However, NZ long-haul business class is arguably the best in Star Alliance. If you start with CPH-lhr-lax-LAS you can save over 200 miles.
cheers, Henry |
There's it is! Booked it today :D:D:D
SERVICE FROM TO DEPART ARRIVE -------------- ------------------- --------------------- -------- ------- LUFTHANSA - LH 1403 SAT 25AUG PRAGUE CZ FRANKFURT DE 0600 0720 NON STOP RUZYNE FRANKFURT INTL EQUIPMENT:AIRBUS INDUSTRIE A321 RESERVATION CONFIRMED - D BUSINESS LUFTHANSA - LH 454 SAT 25AUG FRANKFURT DE SAN FRANCISCO CA 0950 1220 NON STOP FRANKFURT INTL SAN FRANCISCO INTL EQUIPMENT:AIRBUS INDUSTRIE A380-800 RESERVATION CONFIRMED - D BUSINESS UNITED AIRLINES - UA 609 SAT 25AUG SAN FRANCISCO CA LAS VEGAS NV 1555 1721 NON STOP SAN FRANCISCO INTL MCCARRAN INTL EQUIPMENT:AIRBUS INDUSTRIE A320-100/200 RESERVATION CONFIRMED - A FIRST UNITED AIRLINES - UA 796 FRI 31AUG LAS VEGAS NV LOS ANGELES CA 1400 1512 NON STOP MCCARRAN INTL LOS ANGELES INTL EQUIPMENT:AIRBUS INDUSTRIE A320-100/200 RESERVATION CONFIRMED - A FIRST AIR NEW ZEALAND - NZ 5 WED 05SEP LOS ANGELES CA AUCKLAND NZ 2230 0630 NON STOP LOS ANGELES INTL AUCKLAND 07SEP EQUIPMENT:BOEING 777-300 RESERVATION CONFIRMED - D BUSINESS AIR NEW ZEALAND - NZ 40 FRI 07SEP AUCKLAND NZ PAPEETE PF 1705 0005 NON STOP AUCKLAND FAAA EQUIPMENT:BOEING 767-300/300ER RESERVATION CONFIRMED - D BUSINESS AIR TAHITI - VT 420 FRI 07SEP PAPEETE PF BORA BORA PF 0730 0820 NON STOP FAAA MOTU-MUTE EQUIPMENT:AEROSPATIALE/ALENIA ATR 72 RESERVATION CONFIRMED - Y ECONOMY AIR TAHITI - VT 412 SUN 23SEP BORA BORA PF PAPEETE PF 1120 1210 NON STOP MOTU-MUTE FAAA EQUIPMENT:AEROSPATIALE/ALENIA ATR 72 RESERVATION CONFIRMED - Y ECONOMY AIR NEW ZEALAND - NZ 41 SUN 23SEP PAPEETE PF AUCKLAND NZ 1815 2220 NON STOP FAAA AUCKLAND 24SEP EQUIPMENT:BOEING 767-300/300ER RESERVATION CONFIRMED - D BUSINESS AIR NEW ZEALAND - NZ 99 FRI 28SEP AUCKLAND NZ TOKYO JP 0840 1650 NON STOP AUCKLAND NARITA EQUIPMENT:BOEING 777-200/200ER RESERVATION CONFIRMED - D BUSINESS ALL NIPPON AIRWAYS - NH 909 THU 04OCT TOKYO JP HONG KONG HK 1010 1340 NON STOP NARITA HONG KONG INTL EQUIPMENT:BOEING 767-300/300ER FLIGHT OPERATED BY AIR JAPAN RESERVATION CONFIRMED - D BUSINESS SINGAPORE AIRLINES - SQ 861 FRI 12OCT HONG KONG HK SINGAPORE SG 1520 1905 NON STOP HONG KONG INTL CHANGI EQUIPMENT:AIRBUS INDUSTRIE A380-800 RESERVATION CONFIRMED - D BUSINESS TURKISH AIRLINES - TK 67 THU 18OCT SINGAPORE SG ISTANBUL TR 0010 0630 NON STOP CHANGI ATATURK EQUIPMENT:AIRBUS INDUSTRIE A330-300 RESERVATION CONFIRMED - D BUSINESS TURKISH AIRLINES - TK 1027 THU 18OCT ISTANBUL TR SOFIA BG 0740 0855 NON STOP ATATURK SOFIA EQUIPMENT:BOEING 737-800 RESERVATION CONFIRMED - D BUSINESS AUSTRIAN AIRLINES - OS 798 FRI 19OCT SOFIA BG VIENNA AT 1840 1920 NON STOP SOFIA VIENNA INTL EQUIPMENT:AIRBUS INDUSTRIE A319 RESERVATION CONFIRMED - D BUSINESS AUSTRIAN AIRLINES - OS 711 FRI 19OCT VIENNA AT PRAGUE CZ 2000 2050 NON STOP VIENNA INTL RUZYNE EQUIPMENT: DE HAVILLAND DHC-8 400 SERIES FLIGHT OPERATED BY VO TYROLEAN AIRWAYS RESERVATION CONFIRMED - D BUSINESS A few questions. I was able to pick the seats on the LH, UA, NH, SQ and NZ, but couldn't do it on the TK legs. When should I try again? I saw somewhere that you can select seats on TK flights 3 months before departure? Thanks! |
Originally Posted by mobilebucky
(Post 18014717)
or just rent a car in LAX and drive to LAS instead.
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Originally Posted by Spunwasi
(Post 18037550)
+1. LAX has awesome car fleets and the drive into LAS is pretty unforgettable. How often will you get to see a city rise out of a desert?!
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Originally Posted by mlqsko
(Post 18034718)
There's it is! Booked it today :D:D:D
Thoughts? A few questions. I was able to pick the seats on the LH, UA, NH, SQ and NZ, but couldn't do it on the TK legs. When should I try again? I saw somewhere that you can select seats on TK flights 3 months before departure? Thanks! |
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