An Epic, Nearly Round the Pacific Trip. Please Don't Try This At Home. You Can't.
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Join Date: May 2012
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Programs: VA WP, NZ *A SG
Posts: 529
Till then, this concludes my Circle Pacific report! I will attempt to go on another one in December, with a tentative routing of:
MEL-BKK (TG J)-SGN (LH F)-SIN (SQ J) (stopover)
SIN-BKK (SQ J)-PEK (TG F)-TPE (BR J)-GUM (BR J) (destination)
GUM-KIX (UA J)-BKK (TG F)-HKG (TG F)-SIN (SQ J)-MEL (SQ J)
It should take me 70k UA miles and approximately US$300 in taxes and fees? Keeping fingers crossed. Overnights in SGN (Park Hyatt Saigon), TPE (friend's house), KIX (Intercontinental Osaka), BKK (some cheapo airport hotel), HKG (Conrad Hong Kong). We'll see how it goes!
MEL-BKK (TG J)-SGN (LH F)-SIN (SQ J) (stopover)
SIN-BKK (SQ J)-PEK (TG F)-TPE (BR J)-GUM (BR J) (destination)
GUM-KIX (UA J)-BKK (TG F)-HKG (TG F)-SIN (SQ J)-MEL (SQ J)
It should take me 70k UA miles and approximately US$300 in taxes and fees? Keeping fingers crossed. Overnights in SGN (Park Hyatt Saigon), TPE (friend's house), KIX (Intercontinental Osaka), BKK (some cheapo airport hotel), HKG (Conrad Hong Kong). We'll see how it goes!
I don't think you have buckleys chance of getting the proposed itinerary ticketed as there is far, far too much backtracking but I'll be very interested to see if you do.
This is a very interesting part of the USDM program from which you can extract incredible value!