AY RTW Sale

[ozflier]

Maybe some of the TAs are jumping the gun with AY RTWs for 2022 but Roundabout Travel seems to offering fares into 2022 - seems a bit expensive - Finnair Business Class RTW | RoundAbout Travel.
Need to pay by Nov 2021.

 

[HSB44]

So does the booking window for this deal only come around once a year..?

 

[Princess Fiona]

So does the booking window for this deal only come around once a year..?

No I just booked one

 

[SYD]

So does the booking window for this deal only come around once a year..?

Follow the link above for current starting price (other TAs can book / quote these fares also). For those of us with OW status, the “classic” fare is very good value.

 

[SYD]

No I just booked one

Out of curiosity, what sort of itinerary/price/time of year did you get?

Pondering if I can use this to get to the US Sep/Oct and just tack on another side trip to Europe - noting the complete lack of decent J fares pretty much anywhere now thru to New Year… .

 

[madrooster]

Out of curiosity, what sort of itinerary/price/time of year did you get?

Pondering if I can use this to get to the US Sep/Oct and just tack on another side trip to Europe - noting the complete lack of decent J fares pretty much anywhere now thru to New Year… .

They start from a little over $6k now to average $8-9k, year round.

Yes, you can go to the US using these then do a side trip to Europe. You can save thousands doing this.

 

[BensAdventures]

Ideally I'd like to use this fare with USA to Europe, the Dubai (or nearby) and back to Australia (via Asia if needed), anyone know if this is possible?

 

[ausfox]

I have used Roundabout Travel. Ask them.

 

[Mattg]

Ideally I'd like to use this fare with USA to Europe, the Dubai (or nearby) and back to Australia (via Asia if needed), anyone know if this is possible?

I don't think Dubai is possible as a stopover with this fare.

You could perhaps fly Australia-USA-Europe, do a side-trip from Europe to DXB and back, then return Europe-Asia-Australia using the other half of the RTW fare. (As far as I can tell, the closest places to DXB that you could stop over in Europe which are allowed on the AY fare would be DBV, BUD, SPU, NAP or FCO.)

Another possibility could be to fly back via DEL as the Asian stopover (Finnair flies there). You could then use Qantas points to fly EK from DEL-DXB (which is "only" 1,360 miles or a ~3 hour flight), then use Qantas DEL-MEL for the final leg.

 

[Mattg]

Ideally I'd like to use this fare with USA to Europe, the Dubai (or nearby) and back to Australia (via Asia if needed), anyone know if this is possible?

Update @BensAdventures - including DXB in one of these Finnair fares is now *partially* possible. See:

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

I asked this here and contacted as suggested without luck :( agree that it's hard to find a good TA who is available/willing/able to assist. I then contacted a few I found online that had good reviews but many of them charge you an upfront fee of $100. I guess their costs had gone up? I ended up...

www.australianfrequentflyer.com.au

You could now book with the Finnair fare (for example):

MEL-LAX on Qantas
LAX-HEL-FCO on Finnair
[Surface sector from Rome to Dubai]
DXB-HEL on Finnair
HEL-BKK on Finnair
BKK-SYD-MEL on Qantas

 

[prozac]

A bit OT. Daughter wanting to get home from New York. Will be home a month then return to Europe. I was thinking, not the most direct route but positions her in Europe for a return fare, was to fly to HEL then a return to SYD. Thoughts from the brains trust, @madrooster ?

 

[Princess Fiona]

A bit OT. Daughter wanting to get home from New York. Will be home a month then return to Europe. I was thinking, not the most direct route but positions her in Europe for a return fare, was to fly to HEL then a return to SYD. Thoughts from the brains trust, @madrooster ?

You can fly transpac on QF on an AY fare.

 

[prozac]

You can fly transpac on QF on an AY fare.

Thank you @Princess Fiona. Best booking site?
Depart NYC 29th - PER for work. Return to east coast a few days later. Domestic flights all sorted.

 

[BensAdventures]

Update @BensAdventures - including DXB in one of these Finnair fares is now *partially* possible. See:

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

I asked this here and contacted as suggested without luck :( agree that it's hard to find a good TA who is available/willing/able to assist. I then contacted a few I found online that had good reviews but many of them charge you an upfront fee of $100. I guess their costs had gone up? I ended up...

www.australianfrequentflyer.com.au

You could now book with the Finnair fare (for example):

MEL-LAX on Qantas
LAX-HEL-FCO on Finnair
[Surface sector from Rome to Dubai]
DXB-HEL on Finnair
HEL-BKK on Finnair
BKK-SYD-MEL on Qantas

Yeah that's kinda workable...

 

[Quickstatus]

Best booking site

Roundabout travel seems to do AY RTW a fair bit

 

[cd.et-be]

Have been in contact with Roundabout travel re AY for Apr next year. Quoted fares substantially higher than advertised lead in fares. Not sure whether this relates to time of year etc. May look into Lufthansa group options having listened to the podcast (had just leant to AY initially as OW)