re: "oneworld" award (140K/280K/420K) Planning - The Definitive Thread
Adding to the comments by flychrisfly, it looks pretty good. A big trip. Note that with so many flights and on a number of airlines, availability of the award seats will likely become availability at quite different times. Be prepared to book it in parts. For example, JFK-MAD is operated by AA by the looks and they don't release seats more than 11 months out. What this ultimately means you may initially end up paying more 280k until you have met the requirements of the oneworld five stop award, at which point you'll get a points refund.
In addition to the comments by SponsorSFC, there isn't as much oneworld F as there used to be so it's best to check if the destinations you're thinking of even have F service before deciding on going F or J. To maximise F you'll want to chose both the EU and the US as there are a very limited number of routes within Europe that offer F (indeed, if any). And on that, don't be confused by F on a two class AA flight. That's what we call mutton dressed as lamb. It's not true F by a long shot.
If you're wanting to maximise F you're looking at something like SYD/MEL-DXB-LHR-USA (there are a reasonable amount of F flights to chose from here, but many are on BA with high fuel surcharges)-HKG/NRT-SYD. Or SYD-SIN-HKG-USA-LHR-SIN-SYD. Or SYD-DXB/SIN-LHR-South America (eg. GRU, SCL)-USA-HKG/NRT-Australia.
thank you for your suggestion,
so your sugestion of SYD-SIN-HKG-USA-LHR-SIN-SYD for example
get on plane, spend say 1 week in sing, then say 5 days in HKG, then fly to usa, spend 2-4 weeks there, fly to uk, stay 1 week to 4 weeks, then back to singaore, have a short stopover and make my way back to Syd
is this what something as an example you recommend,
how long do most people do for a rtw trip, and Iassume the longer the more you get value for money however you spend a lot more money on hotels etc. etc. and spending money plus time off work
for the record I did a return business class to france last year and it cost me 270-290k points and I was gone for 2 weeks due to personal reasons, (I didnt know about this thread back then!)
so for example, syd to eu return business class might cost $6k for example,
however if I do SYD-SIN-HKG-USA-LHR-SIN-SYD, it might be $1.5k+$0.7k+$3k+$4k+$4k+$1.5k=14.7k
so for the same amount of 280k points I cna get $6k vs $14.7k in value?
I ve read point hacks and they said you can "With 5 stopovers, you’ll be able to see 5 cities, and if you’re clever add overnight stops in connecting cities too by avoiding stopovers >24 hours in some others"
why would you want to add in a 24hr stopover, im a bit confused
