Hi everyone!
After years of following Point Hacks and years of accumulating points and making plans, I finally am on a gap year to travel and want to be able to use my points for a RTW trip. I’m intending to start this trip in February 2025 and end it by February 2026.
The destinations I’m looking at are (starting from Melbourne):
- Tokyo
- Paris/Europe in general from Seoul
- Argentina from Paris/ Europe
- Return to Melbourne from Argentina
I’ve worked out the Tokyo > Seoul > Paris/Europe > Buenos Aires legs but am struggling to find a flight back to Melbourne from Argentina.
Some questions:
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Does anyone have any suggestions on dealing with the return from South America? Or is it better for me to start in South America rather than have it as the final destination before returning? I know that since LATAM is no longer a partner airline, it has been tricky to come back from South America.
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How does the system cap the amount of points required? Do I have to book a flight back to Melbourne as my final destination for the system to register that it should be capped or do I just have to fulfill the criteria? I intend to travel for a year so some of the flights, including the flight back to Melbourne, have not been released. I’ve read that I can add on to the itinerary after booking the flights - does this mean I can book the return flight to Melbourne later?
Would really appreciate any tips on planning the round the world!
P.S took me ages to figure out that I should be using the Multi-City booking tool rather than the RTW.
Thanks a lot!