我們不做 mileage run,隻做 mattress run.
2019 Aeroplan mini RTW The best value to use Aeroplan before Air Canada bought the program back. Miles transferred from AMEX and later Chase.
Aerplan 155K miles, just under $300 taxes, each person.
MIA-LIS-VCE//VCE-IST-SIN-PER//PER-SIN-HKG//HKG-TPE-IAH-FLL. The // means stopovers. The itinerary has 2 stopovers 1 destination and 1 open jaw. PER is the destination (the farthest point travel). Origin and End are open jaw. At first I wanted PER and SYD being open jaw but Aeroplan could not price the ticket after agent multiple tries. So I settled to just use MIA and FLL being open jaw and left PER as destination.
MIA-LIS-VCE, 坐 TAP 葡萄牙航空 Stopover 威尼斯. 期間我們去了義大利的腳跟 - 普利亞 (搭火車往波隆那,2天後從波隆那搭瑞安航空飛 Brindisi, took a Budget rental, 環繞整個普利亞 1 週 driving trip). 在布林迪西還車,飛瑞安航空回波隆那. 波隆 3天中間 2 天去拉文納看馬賽克. 返回波隆那, Next Day 搭火車返回威尼斯 for another night.
VCE-IST-SIN, 坐 TK Turkish. 需要在新加坡過夜. Next day SIN-PER, 坐 SQ, 新加坡航空. 珀斯和西澳 8天, self-driving.
PER-SIN-HKG, 坐 SQ, again 需要在新加坡過夜. Next day SIN-HKG, 坐 SQ. 香港 2週.
HKG-TPE-IAH, 坐 BR, EVA,長榮航空. 需要在 IAH 過夜
IAH- FLL, 坐 UA. Coach - The anticlimatic ending of the mini-RTW trip.
在此之前,我們做了很多 RTW,使用多個計劃裏程票將行程連結在一起。美國-歐洲-亞洲-美國,美國-歐洲-澳洲-亞洲-美國. 美國-中東-亞洲-歐洲-美國
A favorite one was, MIA-LHR AA business, 在倫敦一周. LHR-SPU (Split, Croatia), BA Avios coach. Took an Avis at Split. Spent 2+ weeks self-driving in Croatia. Returned the car at Zagreb, the capital of Croatia.
ZAG-DOH-SYD, AA miles flying QR Qatar business. 這次 RTW 的部分目的是回到雪梨觀看繽紛悉尼燈光音樂節 (Vivid Sydney Winter Festival) 2009 年,我們碰上了繽紛悉尼第一年 by accident. 一直想回去再看一遍. 在雪梨待過一段時間後,Use BA Avios 飛 QF 往布裏斯班,探望老朋友。
SYD-HKG, AS miles flying CX Cathay business. 在香港待了兩週。
HKG-LAX-MIA, AA miles flying CX and AA business/domestic first to go home.
RTW 使用的裏程數少於單次旅行加起來使用的裏程數. 前提是你有時間做一個月或更長的旅行。