RTW Itinerary Question

AFAIK most RTW options (all?) include the possibility of doing sections overland.

Whether your specific route is possible,I don't know...depends where you are starting from and which direction those flights are in..

Personally...assuming you are starting in Australia?...I'd take a cheap flight to SE Asia (eg Airasia to KL)....and start going overland from there.

Then take the Trans-Mongolian from Beijing to Moscow.Overland down to Istanbul through Eastern Europe.

Then fly to East Africa....

Of course,you will need a lot of time for this trip.........

If I get a RTW ticket do I always need to takeoff from the city I land in?

No. Many round the world tickets have the option to travel some sectors overland.

Depending on the route, you may be better off buying one-way flights as you go rather than buying a RTW ticket up front. This also gives you more flexibility without having to pay to change pre-booked flights.

Hi Redstick70!

Welcome to TT!

If I get a RTW ticket do I always need to takeoff from the city I land in?

No, you don't. Overland legs are allowed in most RTW tickets. There could be a limit in the number of overland legs allowed though.

Can my tickets look like this: Melbourne to Bangkok; Beijing to Moscow; Istanbul to Tanzania?

A RTW ticket must be RTW; i.e.: you will need to continue from Tanzania back to Australia through the Americas.

most sites seem to assume there wont be any ground travel.

May I ask what sites?
Some sites by default show your last arrival airport as the departure one for your next flight but you can erase it and type whatever airport you want as your next departure airport.

The question has already been answered - you can go overland.

I'd recommend giving a specialist RTW ticket agent a call to get a feel for what is the best (cheapest!) way to work your overlands versus flights. I've previously used STA and found them good. Here's a link to some of their current offers - they don't match your itinerary but show how common the overland segments are.

http://www.statravel.com.au/round_world_special.htm

Have a great trip.

Hi,

We booked ours with the oneworld alliance, we did alot of research and it was by far the cheapest. It allows you to allocate surface segements. They have the usual rules - you can't enter a continental area twice etc. But that is pretty standard.

Enjoy planning :-)

RTW tickets sold by airline alliance members all allow "surface" or disconnected segments. However since the advent of e-ticketing for these products, surface segments consume one of the 16 (max) flight segments included in the ticket. In other words, you can fly into Bangkok and out of, say, Hanoi (having made your own way between the two) but the ticket will look as though you're flying that route, so the maximum number of (actual) flights possible with that ticket will be down to 15. Of course you'll have paid for 16 flights in the first place, so the price per flight will go up accordingly.