Trip Around the World. Tickets RTW.
RTW flight ticket is a tickettrip around the world . It operates up to 1 year and allows a maximum of 16 international flights. Independent organization RTW ticket requires training
and immersion in the subject. In this story, attended by many airlines and
alliances with their terms and conditions, tariffs and regulations. Let's start
with an example.
RTW ticket Emirates and Air
Trans Nui.
October 15 Paris - Dubai
October 16 Dubai - Maldives
October 24 Maldives - Colombo
October 29 Colombo - Singapore
October 31 Singapore -
Brisbane (Australia)
November 1 Brisbane - Auckland
(New Zealand)
November 10 Auckland - Papeete
(Tahiti, French Polynesia)
December 1 Papeete - Los
Angeles
December 18 Los Angeles -
Paris
The aggregate cost of the
ticket in 2013. 2570 Euro including all fees and taxes in the economy class.
Another example , RTW flight
from Moscow. Moscow - Bangkok (Thailand) - Beijing (China) - Los Angeles
(United States) - New York - London (train) - Paris - Moscow can cost anywhere
from $ 2000 with all taxes, depending on the dates.
Another example of RTW :
London - Hong Kong - Sydney (Australia) - Auckland (New Zealand) - San
Francisco (United States) - London may cost a little more than $ 1,000.
How it works . You buy a
ticket to one airline and can be used on flights of the company and its
partners. Airline alliances is a partnership in which airlines share with each
other in some places in the plane and passengers get elite status benefits.
Two of the largest alliance of
airlines Star Alliance and Oneworld. Star Alliance larger. There is a third
alliance SkyTeam. But for RTW ticket is not the best choice, not all SkyTeam
airline major players, flying long distances. Although the situation is changing
with the arrival of a very large Chinese airlines and probably this alliance
soon be tightened to two main. But while even round the world route planner
SkyTeam still inconvenient. Aeroflot is the Skyteam.
It is important to remember
that none of these unions do not include cost airlines lowcoster. Low cost
airlines usually offer fewer amenities and ticket prices cheaper than the
"main" airlines in the world (the Alliance members).
Each alliance has its own
rules for the sale of tickets and fares RTW .
Star Alliance offers several
options for RTW, their conditions are based on the length of your route. They
offer tickets for 29,000, 34,000 or 39,000 miles. To understand a little bit:
29.0000 miles will allow you to make a stop on 3 continents, 34,000 miles on 4
continents and 39 000 for 5 or 6 continents. The more miles you buy, the more
you can see the countries.
RTW travel permits to 15 stops
(stop believe the gap between flights for more than 24 hours). You can buy a
ticket in first, business or economy class. There is also a special
"Starlite" fare for 26,000 miles, but it is limited to a maximum of
five stops. The more miles on your ticket, the more places you can stay and the
more expensive it will cost travel.
Mandatory requirement ticket RTW
Star Alliance beginning and end of the route in one country, but not
necessarily in the same city. Second rule: you can go back over the continents,
but not over the oceans. For example, you can fly from London to Los Angeles
and from Los Angeles to New York, but to fly back to Europe across the ocean is
impossible. When you have crossed the ocean, you need to move in the same
direction. The third rule - is counted in the route and the route gap. For
example, you go back to Europe and want to travel by road from London to Rome,
or you want to fly low-cost airlines. These miles from London to Rome will
still be included in your total mileage.
If you plan to flights in the
Pacific: Micronesia, Polynesia or small trip to Central and South America, most
likely you will buy a ticket this alliance. Here they have a monopoly. The weak
point of the alliance - Russia.
Oneworld offers two different
ticket RTW: the first limits the number of hops, the second maximum mileage.
Oneworld Global Explorer offers three options - 26 000 29 000 or 39 000 miles
in Economy Class and 34,000 in business and first class. As in the ticket RTW
Star Alliance, all miles are recorded, including land. This ticket has the same
rules as described above ticket.
Second ticket interesting.
OneWorld Explorer , not depending on the number of continents visited (three to
six), has no maximum mileage. But the maximum number of hops in your ticket -
16 segments. Flight segment - one flight. Ticket 16 segments will consist of 16
flights. Incorporating any connections. If you want to go from London to Hong
Kong, but the ticket provides docking in Dubai, it is counted as two segments.
Oneworld Explorer does not restrict land mileage. You just get the 16 flights,
regardless of their duration, and fly around the planet. Siberia Airlines S7
included in this alliance.
Terms and Conditions RTW
Skyteam similar to Star Alliance, but the rates are not that interesting. The
Alliance strong position in Russia, China, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Taiwan.
Search for tickets for the
trip around the world through the most convenient planners airline alliances .
In addition, there are major
alliances combining smaller. Great Escapade - a maximum of 10 stops. Involving
three airlines Virgin Atlantic, Air New Zealand and Singapore Airlines - great
coverage in the South-East Asia and the Pacific, but in other places a lot of
white spots. Flight back allowed. Approximate route: London - Delhi - Bangkok -
Bali - Australia - New Zealand - Fiji and Rarotonga - Los Angeles - London.
Prices start at £ 1025 including taxes. However, this requires a ticket to tour
started in London or Manchester.
Many airlines are scratching
their heads over the project RTW, together or independently offer new options.
World Walkabout Plus Tickets and
Discovery Tickets provides airline Cathay Pacific, Air Pacific, British
Airways, Qantas and several small Codeshare Australian companies. This
best-selling RTW tickets in the UK. They allow you to fly 29,000 miles and make
a 7 and 6 stops respectively. However, the additional 1,500
miles can be bought for £ 100 3000 miles for £ 200. These tickets cheaper than
the Global Explorer and the One World, with similar itineraries, prices from £
765 plus tax.
Air New Zealand and Virgin
Atlantic 4 Stop Plus - probably the cheapest fare RTW - £ 639 plus tax. It allows
you to make 4 stops, and add optional at extra cost. 1 stop allowed in the Far
East (Hong Kong, Tokyo and Shanghai). 1 stop in the United States. Stop at
Rarotonga, Tonga, Western Samoa), allowed for a fee of £ 110 for a stop along
the way, or £ 220 for a stop coming back. The approximate cost of this route
may be the world tour: London - Hong Kong - Sydney - Auckland - San Francisco -
London. Dates are subject to change for £ 9. Maximum stay: 12 months.
In addition to airline
alliances and drafting circumnavigation route takes and third-party services .
How to buy. Using planners
alliances, do not buy on the Alliance website these tickets. They are more
expensive than if you use third-party services or to request a ticket from the
airline, a member of the alliance. Simply put, buy from agents and airlines.
Some ways to get the most out
of the ticket:
Start your journey from
low-cost countries. RTW pricing depends on the starting point, so that you can
achieve significant savings from Around the World for example in Egypt or
Bulgaria.
Russia expensive country in
terms of ticket RTW (and not only these tickets). You can build a route such as
London or Paris, move to the east, capturing all the interesting point, and the
penultimate make Moscow airport, and do not use the last segment of the
Moscow-London. Will have to buy a ticket to London in one direction, that would
start a world tour, but as a rule the fare will be tastier, even with the loss
of the segment and the purchase of additional.
Travel in the low and mid-season
, in some cases, it dramatically reduces the total fare.
Join before flying to the
frequent flyer program . All score bonus miles you collect from your RTW enough
to make another trip for free when you return.
Watch out for fees and taxes .
They are not included in the base price RTW, but can easily add hundreds of
dollars in a single country. In Europe, as a rule higher than charges in Asia.
Also, do not forget about the
visa , then sweeping journey visa costs may amount to a tidy sum.
The cost of RTW, is, roughly,
29,000 miles - $ 3000, use this rule when choosing between RTW and individually
collected tickets.
RTW where the most profitable?
On the directions of "once in a lifetime" . Tickets on the regular
flights to Svalbard, Easter Island, or in most of Oceania and Africa terribly
expensive, but virtually free (only miles needed) when using a RTW ticket.
Consider the question of local
hops , to discover Southeast Asia. For example, Bangkok - Singapore as part of
RTW ticket there and back 2000 miles (~ $ 200), but in this sector are many
carriers regularly offer rates below $ 100. A ticket low cost carriers on the
shares can be bought for $ 10.
A few tips if you need to pull
a few miles:
Use airport codes instead of
names airports. For London - LON covers all airports Heathrow, Gatwick,
Stansted and London City and Tokyo, TYO covers both Narita and Haneda so.
Distance SIN-TYO 3294 miles, while the SIN-NRT 3324 m - a difference of 30
miles.
Landing and docking does not
count , is the distance direct route, even if there is a landing. For example,
a flight from Oslo to Longyearbyen with landing - 1,255 miles instead of 1,292
miles, despite the stop in Tromso.
In the tropics, international
airports are few and far between. Yet try to find the airport closer to the
imaginary line connecting the previous and subsequent airport.
You have chosen and bought RTW
After the ticket has been issued
RTW, as a rule, allowed to change all dates free flights (except for the first
international flight), but the change will require a hefty surcharge Airport.
Two important warning - never
missed a flight at RTW ticket without informing the airline. You may find that
tickets all your subsequent flights are automatically canceled without warning
or notice . Call and warn airline carry your flight.
Vaccination against yellow
fever - some countries require it no matter what. Example. You have just
visited Rio de Janeiro and fly to Australia. But Australia requires vaccination
for those who have been in Brazil for the past week, no matter in what areas
you were. Australian tourists who visit Brazil are aware of this, but someone
who does his circumnavigation holiday never heard of such a thing. Check the
requirements of vaccination each future destination where you plan to be taking
note of all previous tropical country on your itinerary. In some cases, you can
change your route to avoid the need for any vaccinations. Please note that some
vaccines are very advance.
