round the world

So I'm sure many of you saw this article in the SMH traveller section: Round-the-world in luxury: What 1 million frequent flyer points will get you I'm really wondering how in the world a lowly QF member found 4 J seats on all those QF and OW flights - I certainly can (almost) never find even 2...

We need to be in Canada in October and current prices appear to be close to $3k each in Y. We have hundreds of thousands of points in QFF, Krisflyer and Virgin reward programs so I started looking into RTW trips and think I could find something that also gets me a Euro holiday the following...

Hi All, - Have just booked the family of 4 (all adult fares) a J class RTW airfare. First and last flight is QF so will accrue QF Status and points i am told, but the rest of the trip is UA (cross Coast in the US) and the rest is LH. I am currently Velocity GOld and have been told i can have...

My husband and I are aiming for RTW J class in the next year or so. With the devaluation of VA to SQ just want to make sure that we are doing some transfers the most effective way. He has 450k velocity, I have 65k which we will be moving over to Krisflyer before the end of the year (we would...

Similar to the great combined VA / VS RTW ticket offered last year, does Velocity provide an opportunity to redeem points similar to *A & OW RTW package opposed to full redemptions per sector? Would be interested to know the redemption pricing for SYD-HKG-LHR-JFK-LAX (Open Jaw) - SYD.

Hi People Ok here’s the question. At the end of this trip I will have 1395 SCs.. 5 short of platinum! I head off on a RTW on 9 Dec. is it worthwhile to spend $280 for a bne> Rockhampton return to get 20SCs?? ie will platinum make a difference compared to gold. Obviously I would go play after...

Hey guys, Trying to plan a RTW Redemption in F (and/or R), using a *A award and KF points. Been collecting AmEx Ascent points for the past 2 years religiously, using whatever methods available to accelerate the earning of this valuabkv "currency", using the bulletproof Platinum Edge/Explorer...

Hi All, I've been out of touch for a while as I had to cancel the "big" trip 2 years ago, but in the new year I'm off on a "One World" Around The World Business Class Trip (or I think it's now called Spend The Kids Inheritance) & I'd like some suggestions on Airport Lounges. At LAX I imagine the...

Sorry, it's probably silly question, but this is new to me. We are looking at a Oneworld award RTW booking, using the oneworld site. The first part is easy, heading via Asia to Lisbon. We then want to return to Brisbane via Osaka, but the site will only accept that if I put in a stop at (say)...

I'm wanting to fly SYD-SIN-LHR-JFK-SYD next June, stopover in Singapore, London and New York, wanting to use Qantas metal to ensure Lounge Access wherever possible (and not interested in going via ME). There were no business reward seats that I could see (best use of points). Economy classic...

I thought this was a staff only offer when I saw it yesterday, but an email I just got confirms otherwise. Contest with a major prize of two Superior Plus Class tickets (Economy window/alise seat with blocked middle next to you) on the Constellation Journeys RTW trip on QF 747 next year. Open...

I've got an upcoming round the world Oneworld 140,000 point award booking (made through Qantas in December 2017). One of the sectors (a Cathay Pacific flight [CX288 from Frankfurt to Hong Kong]) apparently "fell out" of the system even though my Qantas E ticket and receipt says everything is...

Hi all a quick question for around the world reward ticket -- there is one rule: you can’t return to the country of origin until the end But does it matter or not I return to the starting country or not?

Hi all thought i'd throw together a few photos from our recent RTW trip. SYD-DFW QF J ORD-xFRA-ATH LH F/J LHR-SIN-SYD SQ suites/F plus some food and hotel photos thrown in for good measure

Hi guys, I am thinking of doing a RTW Oneworld in First Class rather than Business Class. I am keen to hear if this has been worth it to any members who have done it before? And if so what were the highlights? Which lounges, which airlines were fantastic in First on Oneworld?

I've just come back from another trip around the world and I'm partially fascinated and partially concerned with the varying ways each airport and jurisdiction processes pax from landside to airside to aircraft. It makes me wonder that some processes are essentially a hindrance (it doesn't need...

The time has almost come for this year’s DONE5. Come Saturday morning I'm out of PER for 10 weeks mixing it up across the globe. The main targets when planning the trip were: Bolivia, Brazil (in particular the Pantanal – hoping to spot a (non-automotive) jaguar or two - and Iguassu Falls)...

I'm hoping for some guidance with regards to a planned *A RTW award booking in J using KF points. I'm hoping to have enough points for two tickets for a booking for the end of 2019. I know I'm well ahead of myself, but I also know it is important to plan so I'm not caught out. Obviously I'll...

Hi all - how did I go with the lingo?? I've been a lurker for about 3 weeks now so figured I'd join and introduce myself. Love reading the trip reports and am hoping to write one myself shortly! MrLW and I are off on a round the world trip in June, with Finnair but flying in and out of...

Will this be a valid DAS 17,000 itinerary: MEL-NRT (stopover) NRT-CTS (surface sector; stopover CTS) CTS-HKG (not sure whether this will be a stopover; I will be in HKG less than 24 hours, but overnight, so would need to collect my luggage and re-check in the next morning) HKG-TPE (stopover)...