| 1 year = Max time for
RTW ticket? |
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Hi.
I've heard that travel agencies and airlines will not let you buy
a RTW ticket with you returning more than a year after you left.
Is this true? And if so, what is the best way around it, as I am
pretty sure I want to be away for more than a year.
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"Travel is fatal to all prejudice, bigotry,
narrow-mindedness and all foes of real understanding" - Mark
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1
year max.
Best way around it - Read my signature!
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Why fly when you can travel surface! Bon Voyage! |
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| 2. |
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| Apparently
it's something to do with once the travel agent is booking the
individual flights, they can only enter the day and the month and
not the year, so it can only be valid for up to a year beyond the
date of the first flight. |
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| 3. |
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Buy
a one way to your planned final destination 12 months from now and
then buy as you go. i.e. Buy a one-way UK-india-thailand-Aus-NZ
and from NZ buy a one way NZ-US-South America-Africa- Europe
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Nil desperandum |
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| 4. |
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| yeah
we bought one way ticket to oz, we plan on getting the next one
when we get there - its crap isn't it? with the demand you'd think
they'd expand the time limit on it! |
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| 5. |
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we
may go one way all the way, but we plan on seeing europe first
(we're canadian) then africa, sea, etc.. so IF we by a RTW, we'll
do it in europe when we're done there. that will give us a year
after we've seen europe which is probably all we can afford after
that.
the beauty of this is if we feel like holding up somewhere and
working in europe, we won't have to worry about a timeline.
besides, everything outside of europe is fairly spread out, no?
except for sea. that's where flying between points will be really
great.
on the other hand.. we're also thinking of doing overland and
one-way flights... not sure which will be cheaper. we're not going
until 2005, so our plan is not quite fool-proof yet. ;-)
happy trails! |
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As
for advices above, keep in mind that you might, just as I did,
need at ticket out of Australia to get a visa and be allowed to
enter the country.
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Why fly when you can travel surface! Bon Voyage! |
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| 7. |
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| RTW
tickets are 365 days max,as is most travel insurance. And you have
to name your destinations, although not the time you're going to
be there, in order of which your planning to travel. Changing them
after booking costs, although I'm not too sure how much. |
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If
you plan to travel overland for any great distance (like the
transsiberian or transmongolian) RTW may not make sense.
You might want to consider readdressing this question while in
Europe. RTW tickets may be cheaper there than in Canada and you
would be closer to the end of your travels. I suspect that no one
will notice if you don't catch the last leg of your ticket back to
Europe.
Ruth |
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