braichu

Hi all,

I removed my earlier questions because I found answers for most of them.

My biggest challenge now is getting the Star Alliance RTW booking tool to land at the price they estimate when I first start the tool.

It shows an estimated price of $5200 in the flight selection screen but when I click to the final summary, the lowest combination of flights I can get is $5700.

Unterwegs

Do you trigger any surcharges for certain flights? Did your first estimate include all fuel surcharges etc?

halls120

I’ve looking at various RTW routings and I’ve come across a strange anomaly. Every RTW itinerary I’ve looked at includes a $13.50 “Passenger Service Charge Guam” even though none of the itineraries includes a Guam stop. Is this a *A glitch, or is there another explanation?

braichu

The tool has an estimate in the bottom right corner that gets updated after your final flight selections, but it doesn't break down the estimate so it's hard for me to tell.

In the end I was able to find a route starting in TYO that was $3200, mostly in M class. Now I have to get to Tokyo.

braichu

FWIW my final receipt shows no such charge, but I also started my route in Japan.

halls120

thanks

f4freeJunior

Apololgies for chiming in here, but how are you guys able to select the same airport twice in the *A booking tool?
For example it should be allowed to stop and transit twice in FRA but for whatever reason FRA (or any other airport) does not appear again a second time in the drop down list.
What am I doing wrong?

Unterwegs

If I remember correctly you need to search for the flight to the next stopover, then potentially a transfer at the same airport will show and you can select that one.

lamphs

I too am considering such a trip. I'll likely put together a desired itinerary and then enlist a TA that specializes in RTWs for suggestions/booking.

That said, remind me. What are the UA PQP earning restrictions on *A flights? (I know the preferred partner vs. other *A in terms of miles/something.). But is the PQP limit per segment or per ticket?

Just asking to ensure I maintain UA status.

Thanks.

supine

Per segment.

Earning Status (PQP) on non-016 Tickets and Partner Metal

dmax801

I created a biz-class *A RTW itinerary for two and went to pay for it (Not points?!? Quelle horreur!) . After cementing in my choices for flights & dates & seats, right before payment there's a pop-up showing that tells me that every single one of my flights is unavailable and "suggests" downgrades and alternate dates. Unacceptable. I've tried three times now with same pop up. I've contacted the *A folks through Twitter but no response so far.

Any of you run into this, or have any ideas? Much appreciated.

Itinerary for the curious: SFO->AKL->SYD->HND->SIN->DXB->LIS->MAD->BRU->CPH->FRA->SFO
Starting in Oct and should cost a little more than $23K for both and last about 8 months. Using my points for short hop flights (SYD->CNS->BNE->SYD for example) and lodgings.

Gardyloo

I can't comment on the Star Alliance online RTW tool (the Oneworld one is beyond hopeless) but are you aware that the base price for a CRWSTAR2 starting in Canada is around US$3000 less than one starting in the USA?

dmax801

Well that was damned helpful and much appreciated! As I plan these things out, I know I know more than the person off the street, but I clearly miss straightforward important things like that. Much appreciated.

(Bonus: My Better Half™ was so excited she immediately agreed to the change and wanted to add a few days in Vancouver to the trip. Absolutely!)

Unterwegs

Prices for HND are also much lower. You could buy a positioning flight to HND and then do HND-Australia-SIN-Europe-US and are left with another trip to HND for the next RTW.

lall

Can you kindly give an example of the itinerary and its Ggogle flight/ITA Matrix price?