Article: Great Value Round-the-World Tickets with Finnair & Lufthansa

[I love to travel]

Get thee to the naughty corner for expressing such blasphemy here

Yes, hopefully not the first of many!

But isn’t that just AAdvantage members? (at least for now)

It is not clear whether it is for AAdvantage or everyone. Their list of prefered travel agents has yet to be released.

 

[Princess Fiona]

It is not clear whether it is for AAdvantage or everyone. Their list of prefered travel agents has yet to be released.

I have not read anywhere that this will affect AA earnings to other OW partner FF programs. AA elites will continue to earn miles and loyalty points when earned through partner airlines.

 

[hwy]

But the Finnair deal is killing two birds with one stone. I ended up paying $7700 SYD-NYC-LAX-TYO-SYD in December on ANA. I even asked my travel agent I would rather the Finnair deal but they did not come back with that as an option. I would gladly head to Helsinki for a little extra. Always next time.... I hope.

 

[Kerrodt]

But the Finnair deal is killing two birds with one stone. I ended up paying $7700 SYD-NYC-LAX-TYO-SYD in December on ANA. I even asked my travel agent I would rather the Finnair deal but they did not come back with that as an option. I would gladly head to Helsinki for a little extra. Always next time.... I hope.

I'd change travel agents if they ignored your question and came back with a response that you considered sub-optimal in light of what else you know is on offer.....poor service. Probably more interested in looking after their commissions rather than looking after the customer.

 

[hwy]

They offered SQ RTW for around $10,800. 2 stops in Europe, 2 USA, and Tokyo.

 

[madrooster]

I'd change travel agents if they ignored your question and came back with a response that you considered sub-optimal in light of what else you know is on offer.....poor service. Probably more interested in looking after their commissions rather than looking after the customer.

If a pax asks for USA as the destination and mentions Finnair, a typical travel agent would probably ignore it since there's no Finnair Australia-USA fare via the Pacific.

In relation to commission, NH pays no commission ex-Australia to USA anyway. AY would've actually paid a lot more.

You are correct, but just to note any American Airlines airfares not booked through AA website will no longer accure points. I think this starts in about 2 months.

Not quite correct. Only if you were to credit to AA's program. To partner programs they'll still credit which in a way is ironic.

 

[hwy]

I actually did mention that I was flexible how to get to NYC. Did not mind via Pacific or Europe. But it's all good.... was only thinking status points and a few more lounges in Europe as a nice way to spend December after a year of diligently reading australianfrequentflyer.com.au to find the bestest deals.