Hi all!

Ive been lurking for ages and now have a reason to post!

Im thinking of going overseas for the first time and was thinking about
getting to the USA and then Tokyo next Sept//Oct (05) for the Formula 1
racing.

I was told it would cost more to book individually than to get an around the
world fare.

I prefer to fly Qantas (for my points). What will an economy seat cost
around that time of year and will I be able to take in LA and Tokyo among
other ports?

What are the general tips or conditions for such fares.

Thanks for advice.

Let us sit upon the ground and tell sad stories of "RK276" <***> :

> Hi all!
>
>Ive been lurking for ages and now have a reason to post!
>
>Im thinking of going overseas for the first time and was thinking about
>getting to the USA and then Tokyo next Sept//Oct (05) for the Formula 1
>racing.
>
>I was told it would cost more to book individually than to get an around the
>world fare.
>
>I prefer to fly Qantas (for my points). What will an economy seat cost
>around that time of year and will I be able to take in LA and Tokyo among
>other ports?
>
>What are the general tips or conditions for such fares.
>
>Thanks for advice.
>
>

Probably a good place to start is the Qantas webpage - the prices are
only indicative as there may be special deals for round the world
trips. It's too early for them to advise what they are.

I did the round the world route in '98 - Perth to Singapore to Paris
to London back to Paris to New York and then used Delta to fly from
east to west then Qantas to Sydney and back to Perth.

On Mon, 1 Mar 2004 20:06:38 +1100, "RK276" <***> wrote:

> Hi all!
>
>Ive been lurking for ages and now have a reason to post!
>
>Im thinking of going overseas for the first time and was thinking about
>getting to the USA and then Tokyo next Sept//Oct (05) for the Formula 1
>racing.
>
>I was told it would cost more to book individually than to get an around the
>world fare.
>
>I prefer to fly Qantas (for my points). What will an economy seat cost
>around that time of year and will I be able to take in LA and Tokyo among
>other ports?
>
>What are the general tips or conditions for such fares.
>
>Thanks for advice.
>
>

Personally, I can recommend the "one-world-explorer" ticket, but it can
depend on where you want to go.

When I went last year, the rules were (for a "four continent" ticket":

Four legs allowed in each continent, except that six were allowed in the
Americas.

Must not "go backwards" between continents, but within continents was
OK.

Positioning flights allowed within you starting country/continent.

Twelve months to complete the journey.

It's probably more expensive now, but as an example, for approximately
AU$2900 (inc. taxes) each paid in Dec 2002, we departed in Mar 2003. Our
flight itinerary (the missing bits were done in cars or trains) was:

March 11th Coolangatta-Sydney, Qantas
Sydney-LAX, Qantas
San Jose (California) - Las Vegas, AA
Las Vegas-St Louis, AA
St Louis-New Orleans, AA
Washington DC-NYC, AA (American Eagle)
NYC-St Thomas, US Virgin Islands, AA
St Thomas-San Juan Puerto Rico, AA
San Juan-Madrid, Iberian
Granada-Madrid-Nice, Iberian/Air Nostrum
Paris-Dublin, Aer Lingus
Dublin-Edinburgh, Aer Lingus
London-Singapore, Qantas
Singapore-Melbourne, BA
July 23rd Melbourne-Coolangatta, Qantas

We also flew to and from the Grand Canyon from Vegas, but that was a
seperate cost. We were entitled to more legs in Asia, such as Bangkok
and Hong Kong, but we were getting homesick by that time. And, after
all that, the frequent flyer miles from that trip are giving us a free
trip to Fiji this year :-)

Check it out at http://www.oneworld.com/ and click on your local airline
(Qantas?) from the group for price.

And no, I don't get a commission. I wish.

Hey Qantas - are you lurking? Send me lots of money :-)

Remove starch if you want to talk direct.

Oh, and yeah, I had fun.

Cheers, Alan

djgtdjdf

On 3 Mar 2004 18:45:29 -0800, ak@26thparallel.com.au (Amanda Klein)
wrote:

>djgtdjdf

I completely agree! How about sdjewojw?
Or vg-fjw0?

Cheers Alan

thanks for the replies!!
im looking forward to it already!!


"Alan" <allorstarch@ozconnect.net> wrote in message
news:n7cd401ajtesln9vndgtd8r2dvr6h2th8r@4ax.com...
> On 3 Mar 2004 18:45:29 -0800, ak@26thparallel.com.au (Amanda Klein)
> wrote:
>
> >djgtdjdf
>
> I completely agree! How about sdjewojw?
> Or vg-fjw0?
>
> Cheers Alan
>

On Thu, 4 Mar 2004 17:54:00 +1100, "RK276" <***> wrote:

>thanks for the replies!!
>im looking forward to it already!!

Hi.
I don't know what was coming up on ypur server, but I was just getting
gibberish after your first post. Hope you got my reply on rtw
on-world-explorer.
Cheers Alan

"RK276" <***> wrote in message
news:4046d283$0$3958$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au ...
> thanks for the replies!!
> im looking forward to it already!!
>
>
> "Alan" <allorstarch@ozconnect.net> wrote in message
> news:n7cd401ajtesln9vndgtd8r2dvr6h2th8r@4ax.com...
> > On 3 Mar 2004 18:45:29 -0800, ak@26thparallel.com.au (Amanda Klein)
> > wrote:
> >
> > >djgtdjdf
> >
> > I completely agree! How about sdjewojw?
> > Or vg-fjw0?
> >
> > Cheers Alan
> >
>
>

One thing I woulkdn't do though is to book with the airline. Generally a
good travel agent gets you better price/service!

Gerrit - Perth