RTW Trip Planning
Mar 16, 2006 | 8:55 am
#1
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RTW Trip Planning
I have not done a Star RTW in a long time. I submitted a RTW booking to my travel agent ;
BKK-NRT-HKG-SFO-LAX-IAD-BOS-LGA/JFK-SIN(SQ 25 VIA FRA)-SIN-KUL-SIN-BKK.
The travel agent in Bangkok got back to me and said it could not be done because I do not have a stop in Europe ? Could someone verify if this itin is okay.
I plan on purchasing a Star 1 29,000 In F Class
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
BKK-NRT-HKG-SFO-LAX-IAD-BOS-LGA/JFK-SIN(SQ 25 VIA FRA)-SIN-KUL-SIN-BKK.
The travel agent in Bangkok got back to me and said it could not be done because I do not have a stop in Europe ? Could someone verify if this itin is okay.
I plan on purchasing a Star 1 29,000 In F Class
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
Mar 16, 2006 | 9:06 am
#2
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Originally Posted by francisliang
I have not done a Star RTW in a long time. I submitted a RTW booking to my travel agent ;
BKK-NRT-HKG-SFO-LAX-IAD-BOS-LGA/JFK-SIN(SQ 25 VIA FRA)-SIN-KUL-SIN-BKK.
The travel agent in Bangkok got back to me and said it could not be done because I do not have a stop in Europe ? Could someone verify if this itin is okay.
I plan on purchasing a Star 1 29,000 In F Class
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
BKK-NRT-HKG-SFO-LAX-IAD-BOS-LGA/JFK-SIN(SQ 25 VIA FRA)-SIN-KUL-SIN-BKK.
The travel agent in Bangkok got back to me and said it could not be done because I do not have a stop in Europe ? Could someone verify if this itin is okay.
I plan on purchasing a Star 1 29,000 In F Class
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
I did the following flights without stopping :
SIN - FRA (LH) & FRA - JFK (SQ), SQ flight was full on SIN - FRA
BKK - FRA (LH) & FRA - DFW (LH)
Mar 16, 2006 | 9:56 am
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Thanks for the advice. I believe the cost of the ticket is around 290,000 Thai Baht which is around $ 7300 USD
Mar 16, 2006 | 12:15 pm
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Just make JFK-SIN as 2 coupons, JFK-FRA-SIN. Its probably coming up as an issue since you go straight from americas to asia without transfering through europe/africa so fails the progression of IATA zones test.
Mar 17, 2006 | 5:30 am
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Originally Posted by wideman
This raises a very interesting possibility...
Originally Posted by wideman
...if JFK-SIN on SQ25 is considered a trans-Pacific flight (even though it obviously crosses the Atlantic).
cheers,
Henry
Mar 17, 2006 | 7:38 am
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wideman: ...if JFK-SIN on SQ25 is considered a trans-Pacific flight (even though it obviously crosses the Atlantic)
henry999: 'Obviously'? Obviously the great circle routing is straight over the Pole, no Atlantic in sight. Nevertheless, since it is direct from NA to Asia, it is _by definition_ trans-Pacific.
henry999: 'Obviously'? Obviously the great circle routing is straight over the Pole, no Atlantic in sight. Nevertheless, since it is direct from NA to Asia, it is _by definition_ trans-Pacific.
JFK-SIN on SQ25 stops in Frankfurt. That's why it "obviously crosses the Atlantic."
Until this thread was raised, I'd neither heard of nor considered a RTW that included the JFK-(FRA)-SIN flight as the trans-Pacific leg. It's an interesting option, for example to those who want to travel in C from the US East Coast to SE Asia on a RTW while avoiding both surcharges (EWR-SIN, JFK-BKK, YYZ-HKG) and UA.
Until this thread was raised, I'd neither heard of nor considered a RTW that included the JFK-(FRA)-SIN flight as the trans-Pacific leg. It's an interesting option, for example to those who want to travel in C from the US East Coast to SE Asia on a RTW while avoiding both surcharges (EWR-SIN, JFK-BKK, YYZ-HKG) and UA.
Mar 17, 2006 | 8:41 am
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Does this logic work with NZ1 LHR-(LAX)-AKL, too?
LHR-AKL is direct Europe to Asia/Oceania (Area 2 to Area 3) and you could do it without crossing neither Pacific nor Atlantic, but NZ1 is crossing both Atlantic and Pacific and stops in NA.
LHR-AKL is direct Europe to Asia/Oceania (Area 2 to Area 3) and you could do it without crossing neither Pacific nor Atlantic, but NZ1 is crossing both Atlantic and Pacific and stops in NA.
Mar 17, 2006 | 2:46 pm
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NZ1/2 is treated as both Pacific and Atlantic crossing (if you do the whole flight) or the respective crossing if only taking half the flight.
If you're short on segments it's a great one to take - halfway around the world using just one segment. There are also NZ7xxx flight numbers for australia east coast (SYD/MEL/BNE) to London.
If you're short on segments it's a great one to take - halfway around the world using just one segment. There are also NZ7xxx flight numbers for australia east coast (SYD/MEL/BNE) to London.