Trip advice
Jul 14, 2006 | 8:34 pm
#1
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Trip advice
I would like to go to EWR-SIN-TOK-TPE-DEL-BLR-SIN-EWR in Business, can any one suggest if Star A is best and cheapest way to go? or should I fly EWR (Conti)-TOK-TPE-DEL (Cathy/TG via BKK)-BLR-SIN-EWR (SQ) is better?
I have to follow TOK-TPE etc sectors.
I have to follow TOK-TPE etc sectors.
Jul 14, 2006 | 11:32 pm
#2
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Tampere
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Originally Posted by mrakant
I would like to go to EWR-SIN-TOK-TPE-DEL-BLR-SIN-EWR ... if Star A is best...? or should I fly EWR (Conti)-TOK...?
I have to follow TOK-TPE etc sectors.
I have to follow TOK-TPE etc sectors.
cheers,
Henry
Jul 15, 2006 | 4:51 am
#4
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Excellent point, Thai-Kiwi!
If indeed the OP means Tokyo instead of Torokina, the itinerary is almost an excellent candidate for a *A RTW. I see 3 problems, of which 2 are simple to solve and the 3rd less so:
If indeed the OP means Tokyo instead of Torokina, the itinerary is almost an excellent candidate for a *A RTW. I see 3 problems, of which 2 are simple to solve and the 3rd less so:
- One of the trips between NYC and SIN has to be trans-Atlantic and one has to be trans-Pacific. Easy solution is to use SQ's EWR-SIN as the trans-Pacific and SQ's SIN-FRA-JFK as the trans-Atlantic.
- No *A flights from DEL-BLR; you'd have to pick that up as a separate ticket.
- You're only allowed 1 stopover in each city, and SIN is listed twice on the OP's itinerary. If one of those visits is a transit (less than 24 hrs), then this is not a problem. If both are stopovers, though, it would not be a valid RTW itinerary. Only alternative I can think of is to replace one of the SIN stops with a nearby city (KUL?).
Jul 15, 2006 | 7:41 pm
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Originally Posted by wideman
Excellent point, Thai-Kiwi![*]No *A flights from DEL-BLR; you'd have to pick that up as a separate ticket.
Jul 16, 2006 | 3:15 am
#7
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Originally Posted by mrakant
Thanks. I have taken out TOK (wish i was going to NRT:-))
>I have to follow TOK-TPE etc sectors.
Did you mean that you have to follow them _in order_? As wideman suggested, this is a good possibility for a world-round -- if you have some flexibility.
cheers,
Henry