Ria_Wild

Is it a possibility to fly to Oz via New York without it costing tonnes extra?

Another reason for considering flying that way around is the luggage allowance of 64kg per person.

on a mission

Hey,

Yeah get a round the world ticket,

infact if you get a business class ticket you get extra baggage allowance.

Also you get 32" leg room with 48 " shoulder room.


blaha blah blah blah

Buzzy--Bee

We stopped in Miami, mexico, LA and Hawaii on a qantas discovery+ ticket, you can buy them from www.travelmood.com. Also flying this way round you get 46kg luggage allowance each.

There's more info in this thread -
http://britishexpats.com/forum/showthread.php?t=463889

Buzzy

Ria_Wild

I've been trying to find flights via NYC & can't seem to find any

Pollyana

Its not a standard trsnit point so you may have to look at two separate flights. Ring a couple of travel agents they can come up with something for you!

Buzzy--Bee

Call Travelmood. www.travelmood.com.

Read my thread about the discovery plus ticket above.

Buzzy

Ria_Wild

It will apparently cost £600 extra for us to stop in NYC on the way - that's too much out of our buffer sadly.

Techno Freak

Our main ticket is:-

Newcastle to Boston
Washington DC to Vegas
Los Angeles to New Zealand
New Zealand to Melbourne

and was £550 each.

We are going to New York on the train from Boston, then the train again to DC. We bolted on a couple of internal flights to see other places, they are dirt cheap in USA.

In all, we are travelling UK - Boston - NYC - Philly - DC - Vegas - Death Valley - Yosemite - San Francisco - Peru - LA - NZ - Melbourne and the total cost for the transport aspects, including flights, trains & hire cars is les then when we flew direct to Melbourne for our reccie!

We used trailfinders who have been fantastic.

For full trip details if you want any ideas for places to visit, check out our blog:-

www.mytb.org/Tony---Emma

Best of luck with your planning!

Buzzy--Bee

Do bear in mind that due to the weakness of the US$, once you are in the US, things will seem quite cheap eg shopping, car hire, accommdation, fuel etc.

Timberland Boots for 30 pounds anyone?

Buzzy

MartinLuther

Is that cheap or expensive?

Buzzy--Bee

Cheap mate. 120 - 140 pounds in UK.

I'll be up Tyabb at the weekend - will wear the boots there if you need a demo!

Buzzy

MartinLuther

Wow. At size 14 I order my boots, etc... so I don't have a clue about normal shoe shop prices.

Are you antiquing? I'll be down the station on Sunday practicing putting on gas suits. Feel free to pop in if you want.

Buzzy--Bee

Naah, not antiquing mate! Showing the in-laws round some of the back beaches of the peninsula. Thanks for the invite, we'll be coming on Saturday though.

Buzzy

bcworld

32" legroom in business class!?? I'd be asking for my money back mate!