The Best Premium, Business and First Class Tickets on the Round
The World flight market
We've done our homework and dug out the best deals in Premium, Business and First class for not a lot more....why backpack when you can flashpack....
Gap Year 5 Stop Business Class ticket
from £4244 plus £340-£530 tax*
This 5 Stop Gap Year round the world ticket is one of
the best value Business Class RTWs you can get.
Flight Costs:
Seasonal Departure Dates from London Heathrow
|
Australia |
New Zealand |
Sydney, Brisbane,
Melbourne, Adelaide, Cairns, The Gold Coast |
Auckland Christchurch
Wellington |
|
All year |
£4349 |
£4244 |
Manchester, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Belfast, Leeds, Teesside or Dublin for an additional £100 return or from Aberdeen or Inverness for an additional £110 return. |
*Tax varies hugely but budget for taxes of between £250 - £450. For more details click here |
Like what you see but want more RTW stops? Click here |
*Tax varies hugely but budget for taxes of between £340
- £530.
Example Routes:
- London - San Francisco or New York or Boston or Washington or Chicago or Miami or Orlando surface Los Angeles - Auckland - Christchurch - Sydney - Hong Kong - London (New Zealand fare)
- London - Hong Kong - Sydney - Christchurch - Auckland - San Francisco surface Los Angeles or New York or Boston or Chicago or Miami or or Washington or Orlando - UK (New Zealand fare)
- London - Hong Kong - Sydney surface Cairns - Auckland - Vancouver surface Los Angeles or New York or Boston or Chicago or Miami or Orlando - UK (New Zealand fare)
- Manchester - Los Angeles - Fiji - Auckland - Christchurch - Sydney - Hong Kong - Manchester (New Zealand fare +£210)
- London - Hong Kong - Sydney surface Brisbane or Cairns or Melbourne or Adelaide - Christchurch - Auckland - San Francisco or Los Angeles or New York or Boston or Chicago or Miami or Orlando - UK- London (New Zealand fare)
- London - Los Angeles - Tahiti - Auckland - Christchurch - Sydney - Hong Kong - London (New Zealand fare +£110)
- Manchester - Hong Kong - Sydney - Christchurch - Auckland - San Francisco - Manchester (New Zealand fare +£100)
- Scotland - Hong Kong - Sydney - Christchurch - Auckland - San Francisco - Edinburgh (New Zealand fare +£100)
- Belfast - Hong Kong - Sydney - Christchurch - Auckland - San Francisco - Belfast (New Zealand fare +£100)
- London - San Francisco - Auckland - Sydney - Hong Kong - London (New Zealand fare)
- London - Hong Kong - Auckland - Melbourne - Auckland - Los Angeles - London (New Zealand fare)
- London - Hong Kong - Auckland - Cook Islands - Los Angeles - London - NZ Fare (New Zealand fare + £220)
- London - Hong Kong - Sydney surface Cairns - Auckland - Los Angeles surface San Francisco - London (New Zealand fare)
- London - Los Angeles - Auckland - Hong Kong - London - (New Zealand Fare)
- Teeside - San Francisco - Auckland - Sydney - Hong Kong - Teeside (New Zealand Fare +£100)
- London - Hong Kong - Auckland - Cook Islands - Los Angeles - London (NZ Fare + £220)
- Need a Hong Kong hotel? Click here
- London - San Francisco - Auckland - Beijing - Hong Kong - London (Auckland fare + £100 Dragon Air Add on)
- London - Shanghai - Hong Kong - Sydney - Auckland - Vancouver surface Los Angeles - London (Auckland fare + £100 Dragon Air Add on)
- Got any Pre Departure questions? - click here
We can construct any itinerary you want - feel free to
call us on 020 7704 5700,
email us (in our experience the phone is a lot quicker than email when it
comes to giving you the RTW information that you need and unlike a lot of our competitors
we are open 7 days a week!) or create your own round the world itinerary 24/7 by
using our unique round the world route planner. Need more
stops in Asia? eg Hong Kong - Koh Samui - Bangkok - Luang Prabang - Vientiane -
Hanoi from only £295 including tax....Click Asia Airpass
for details
The Small Print:
Airlines: Virgin Atlantic and Air New Zealand.
Stops:
1 Stop allowed in the Far East: choose from Hong Kong, Tokyo or Shanghai.
Plus
1 Stop in the USA: choose from San Francisco or Los Angeles
Plus
Pacific Island stopovers are also allowed for an additional fare of £110 per
stop on the outbound journey or £220 per stop
on the return trip. Choose from Fiji, The Cook Islands (Raratonga), Tonga or Western
Samoa (Apia).
If you pay the higher Australia fare, then you can have the option of visiting both
Australia and New Zealand. However if you only want to visit Sydney in Australia
you can pay the lower New Zealand Fare and still visit the two countries.
e.g. London - Hong Kong - Sydney - Auckland - San Francisco - London is an Auckland
fare
Date Changes : Return dates can be changed for £20.
Regional Departures : Manchester, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Belfast,
Leeds Teesside or Dublin for an additional £100 return or from Aberdeen or
Inverness for an additional £110 return.
Maximum Stay:This ticket can be valid up to 12 months
Children (under 12): 75% of adult fare
Infants (under 2): 10% of adult fare
Why do I need travel insurance?
Well if you break your leg in Cambodia on a scooter and you have to be flown home
then that can cost £150K plus - 10 times as much in the States - so unless
you've got very very rich parents (we're talking Sunday Times Rich list Top 100)
then get a decent travel insurance - not one from a chemist or local butchers -
use a specialist that offers a policy that provides high medical expenses, repatriation
and good legal cover at the very least. You don't have to buy it through us but
you'd be a village idiot not to get insurance from somewhere. If you are cost conscious
or don't plan on taking much of value with you, we have negotiated rates that include
and exclude cover for baggage and money from 1 month up to 12 months. We believe
that the rates and cover that we offer are among the best you will find. See details
here
Choose your own Route!
There are no standard routes and there are no limits to where you can go. We can
construct any itinerary you want - feel free to call us on 020 7704 5700
or
email us
Plan it your way!
With our unique round the world
route planner, you create the trip you want. Use this interactive tool as
much as you want to find the trip that's right for you.
Talk with the experts!
One of our expert travel consultants who will then work with you to get the most
for your pound.
Pick your dates!
Once you've decided on a preferred route, your Roundtheworldflight.com specialist
will finalize the dates for each leg of your trip.
What Gear will I need?
Check out roundtheworldflights.com handy
checklist
Check out our Exclusive RTW Hotels!
Check out our roundtheworldflights.com hotels online
- from 3 star to 5 star luxury!
|
Decent 5* in Sydney? |
|
Try the 5* Quay West Suites from £73pppn |
 |
The Navigator Business
Class RTW from £5150 plus tax of £300-£500*
This round the world ticket
is an unusual deal. With an incredible low fare you can get up to 12 stopovers
(although most people average about 8 or 9 within mileage) while circling the globe
and have up to 3 stops within New Zealand free of charge.....you can also squeeze
in India., Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Malaysia, Borneo, Australia, New
Zealand, The Cook Islands, Western Samoa, Tonga and the States. It really is a fabulous
value round the world deal.
Flight Costs:
|
Seasonal Departure Dates |
Costs |
|
Business Class |
£5150 |
| *Tax varies hugely, depending on where you stop, but budget for taxes of between �190 - �350. |
For details of airport tax - click here
Example Routes:
- London - Hanoi surface Saigon - Bangkok - Singapore - Sydney
- Auckland - Tonga - Western Samoa (Apia) - Los Angeles surface
Las Vegas - UK (or vice versa)
- London - Mumbai (Bombay) surface Chennai (Madras) - Manila - Singapore - Kuala Lumpar
- Bangkok - Brisbane surface Sydney - Auckland - The Cook Islands (Raratonga) -
Los Angeles surface Las Vegas - UK (or vice versa)
- London - Havana surface Vancouver - Auckland - Brisbane -
Bangkok - Singapore - London (or vice versa)
- London - Hanoi surface Angkor Wat (Siem Reap) - Singapore
- Bangkok - Sydney - Christchurch surface Auckland - Raratonga
(The Cook Islands) - Los Angeles surface Las Vegas - London
(or vice versa)
- London - Las Vegas surface Los Angeles - Western Samoa -
Tonga - Auckland - Wellington - Christchurch - Sydney - Bangkok - Singapore - Delhi
- London (or vice versa)
- London - Mumbai surface Delhi - Singapore - Saigon surface Bangkok - Sydney - Queenstown surface
Auckland - Cook Islands - Los Angeles - London (or vice versa)
- London - Manila - Singapore - Angkor Wat (Siem Reap) surface
Bangkok - Sydney - Auckland - The Cook Islands (Raratonga) -Los Angeles
surface Las Vegas - London (or vice versa)
- London - Tokyo - Bangkok - Singapore - Angkor Wat (Siem Reap) - Sydney - Auckland
- Raratonga (The Cook Islands) - Los Angeles surface Las
Vegas - London (or vice versa)
- London - Delhi surface Kathmandu - Kuala Lumpur
surface Hanoi - Singapore - Kota Kinabalu (Borneo) - Sydney - Auckland - Raratonga
(The Cook Islands) - Los Angeles surface Las Vegas - London
(or vice versa)
- London - Phuket surface Bangkok - Singapore - Manila - Sydney
- Auckland - Tonga - Western Samoa - Los Angeles - London (or vice versa)
- London - Tokyo - Bangkok surface Saigon - Singapore - Sydney
- Christchurch - Wellington - Auckland - Raratonga (The Cook Islands) - Los Angeles
surface New York - UK (or vice versa)
- London - Jo'burg - Singapore - Sydney - Auckland - New Zealand - Raratonga (The
Cook Islands) - London (or vice versa)
- London - Dubai - Singapore - Bangkok - Sydney - Fiji - Auckland - Raratonga (The
Cook Islands) - Los Angeles - London (or vice versa)
- London - Delhi surface Kathmandu - Bangkok - Singapore -
Sydney - Fiji - Auckland - Raratonga (The Cook Islands) - Los Angeles - London (or
vice versa)
- London - Singapore - Phuket surface Bangkok - Melbourne
- Christchurch - Wellington - Auckland - Raratonga (The Cook Islands) - Los Angeles
- London (or vice versa)
- London - Nairobi surface Johannesburg - Singapore - Brisbane
- Auckland - Raratonga (The Cook Islands) - Los Angeles - London (or vice versa)
- London - Bangkok surface Saigon - Singapore - Brisbane surface Melbourne - Christchurch - Wellington - Auckland - Tonga
-Western Samoa (Apia) - Los Angeles surface San Francisco
- London (or vice versa)
- London - Mumbai surface Chennai ( Madras) - Saigon surface Angkor Wat (Siem Reap)- Singapore - Perth
surface Sydney - Auckland surface Christchurch -
Tonga -Western Samoa (Apia) - LA surface Las Vegas - London
(or vice versa)
- London - Singapore - Siem Reap (Angkor Wat) surface Bangkok
- Brisbane surface Sydney - Christchurch - Wellington - Auckland
- Tonga -Western Samoa (Apia) - L.A surface Las Vegas - London
(or vice versa)
- London - Havana surface Vancouver - Auckland - Sydney - Penang
surface Kuala Lumpur - Singapore - Kathmandu
surface Delhi - UK (or vice versa)
- London - Mumbai surface Delhi - Singapore - Saigon surface Bangkok - Sydney - Queenstown surface
Auckland - Cook Islands - Los Angeles - London (or vice versa)
- London - Manila - Singapore - Angkor Wat (Siem Reap) surface
Bangkok - Sydney - Auckland - The Cook Islands (Raratonga) -Los Angeles
surface Las Vegas - London (or vice versa)
- London - Tokyo - Bangkok - Singapore - Angkor Wat (Siem Reap) - Sydney - Auckland
- Raratonga (The Cook Islands) - Los Angeles surface Las
Vegas - London (or vice versa)
- London - Delhi surface Kathmandu - Kuala Lumpur
surface Hanoi - Singapore - Kota Kinabalu (Borneo) - Sydney - Auckland - Raratonga
(The Cook Islands) - Los Angeles surface Las Vegas - London
(or vice versa)
- London - Phuket surface Bangkok - Singapore - Manila - Sydney
- Auckland - Tonga - Western Samoa - Los Angeles - London (or vice versa)
- London - Tokyo - Bangkok surface Saigon - Singapore - Sydney
- Christchurch - Wellington - Auckland - Raratonga (The Cook Islands) - Los Angeles
surface New York - UK (or vice versa)
- London - Jo'burg - Singapore - Sydney - Auckland - New Zealand - Raratonga (The
Cook Islands) - London (or vice versa)
- London - Dubai - Singapore - Bangkok - Sydney - Fiji - Auckland - Raratonga (The
Cook Islands) - Los Angeles - London (or vice versa)
We can construct any itinerary you want - feel free to
call us on 020 7704 5700,
email us (in our experience the phone is a lot quicker than email when it
comes to giving you the RTW information that you need and unlike a lot of our competitors
we are open 7 days a week!) or create your own round the world itinerary 24/7 by
using our unique round the world route planner. Need more
stops in Asia? eg Bangkok - Angkor Wat - Bangkok - Koh Samui - Bangkok is only £248
including tax. Click Asia Airpass for details
The Small Print:
Stops: Unlimited within mileage (and you can buy more mileage -
ask your consultant for details...)
Date Changes: Return dates can be changed for £9.
Maximum Stay: 12 month ticket
Children (under 12): 75% of adult fare
Infants (under 2): 10% of adult fare
Why do I need travel insurance?
Well if you break your leg in Cambodia on a scooter and you have to be flown home
then that can cost £150K plus - 10 times as much in the States - so unless
you've got very very rich parents (we're talking Sunday Times Rich list Top 100)
then get a decent travel insurance - not one from a chemist or local butchers -
use a specialist that offers a policy that provides high medical expenses, repatriation
and good legal cover at the very least. You don't have to buy it through us but
you'd be a village idiot not to get insurance from somewhere. If you are cost conscious
or don't plan on taking much of value with you, we have negotiated rates that include
and exclude cover for baggage and money from 1 month up to 12 months. We believe
that the rates and cover that we offer are among the best you will find. See details
here
Choose your own Route!
There are no standard routes and there are no limits to where you can go. We can
construct any itinerary you want - feel free to call us on 020 7704 5700
or
email us
Talk with the experts!
One of our expert travel consultants who will then work with you to get the most
for your pound.
Pick your dates!
Once you've decided on a preferred route, your Roundtheworldflight.com specialist
will finalize the dates for each leg of your trip.
What Gear will I need?
Check out roundtheworldflights.com handy checklist
Check out our Exclusive RTW Hotels!
Check out our roundtheworldflights.com hotels online
- from 3 star to 5 star luxury!
|
Good value at Siem Reap? |
|
Try the 3* Day Inn from £18pppn |
 |
Discoverer Business Class 7 Stop
RTW from £3775 (First Class from £5350) plus tax of £450-£750*
This fare allows you to circle the globe in
luxurious Business Class visiting faraway places such as Africa, the Far East, North
America, Central America, and South America. You can enjoy up to 7 stopovers - 3
can be in Australia and New Zealand - within a wide variety of itineraries using
the joint Qantas route networks. Great value for a J class RTW!
Flight Costs:
|
Departure Dates |
Costs |
|
Business Class |
£3775 |
|
First Class |
£5565 |
|
London and Manchester are common-rated (ie you can
fly from any of them for no extra flight cost), although extra taxes will apply |
Departure tax varies hugely depending on where you stop.
Budget anywhere from £450 - £750 on these tickets
For more details of airport tax - click
here
For more details on Business Class click here
Example Routes:
- UK - Singapore - Cairns - Ayers Rock surface Alice Springs
- Sydney - Christchurch surface Auckland - Los Angeles -
New York - UK (or vice versa)
- Manchester - Rio surface Santiago - Auckland - Sydney - Cairns
- Singapore surface Bangkok - UK (or vice versa)
- Edinburgh - Bangkok - Cairns - Ayers Rock - Sydney - Auckland
surface Queenstown - Santiago surface Rio - UK(or vice
versa)
- London Heathrow - Singapore - Cairns - Ayers Rock - Sydney - Queenstown
surface Auckland - Santiago - UK (or vice versa)
- UK - Perth - Ayers Rock surface Alice Springs - Adelaide
surface Sydney - Auckland surface
Christchurch - Los Angeles - New York - UK (or vice versa)
- UK - Beijing surface Bangkok surface
Singapore - Bali - Sydney - Auckland surface Christchurch
- Melbourne - New York - UK (or vice versa)
- London Heathrow - Cape Town - Perth - Ayers Rock - Sydney - New Zealand - Los Angeles
- New York - UK (or vice versa)
- Manchester - Santiago - Auckland - Sydney - Ayers Rock - Cairns - Singapore surface Bangkok - UK (or vice versa)
- UK - Bangkok -surface Singapore - Cairns - Sydney - Fiji
- Auckland - Santiago surface Lima - UK (or vice versa)
- UK - India - Thailand - 2 Stops in Australia - New Zealand - Santiago
surface Lima - UK (or vice versa)
- UK - Beijing surface Hong Kong - Sydney - Auckland surface
Christchurch - Melbourne - Cape Town - UK (or vice versa)
- UK - Guatemala City surface Mexico City - Hawaii - Fiji -
Auckland - Sydney surface Cairns - Singapore
surface Bangkok surface Saigon - UK (or vice versa)
- UK - India - Thailand - 2 Stops in Australia - New Zealand - Santiago
surface Rio De Janeiro - UK (or vice versa)
- Manchester - Lima surface Santiago - Auckland
- Fiji - Sydney - Cairns - Singapore - UK (or vice versa)
The Small Print:
Basically you're allowed 7 stops (including up to 3 in Australia and 3 in New Zealand)
and you must travel out and back via Australasia sticking roughly to the routings
of the airlines involved- that's the tough bit but you'll soon discover this is
a great RTW on great carriers (with flexible tickets moreover!)
A question we're often asked is why cant we book this
online. Well the truth is you can but it would cost a fortune (over £8000)
so what we've tried to do on this site is give you as much information as we can,
so that you can call up and book with an expert. So here's a very rough guide to
stopovers but please don't hold us to it - Mainly because there are many more options
and there are some destinations you can only fly into but not out of (which are
called surface sectors in the travel industry) ie you need to fly into one destination
and out of another destination....yup we know its tricky, so you do need to talk
to one of our consultants on 020 7704 5700 if you have any queries and to find your
perfect (and affordable) itinerary within mileage..
Australia and New Zealand Stopovers:
Adelaide, Brisbane, Cairns, Darwin, Melbourne, Sydney, Perth, Auckland, Christchurch,
Wellington, Adelaide, Alice Springs, Ayers Rock (Uluru), Broome, Canberra, Hobart,
Hamilton Island, Launceston, Maroochydore, Mackay, Gold Coast, Perth, Proserpine,
Rockhampton, Townsville.
Asia Stopovers
Bangkok, Singapore, Hong Kong, Bali, Saigon, Manila, Jakarta, Tokyo, Osaka, Beijing,
Shanghai, Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata (Calcutta), or Chennai (Madras).
North America Stopovers
Hawaii, Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York, Miami, Boston, Washington, Houston,
Atlanta, Las Vegas, Toronto, Phoenix, Denver, Chicago, Vancouver, Toronto, Halifax,
Calgary, Baltimore, Dallas, Orlando, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Seattle, Tampa.
Latin America Stopovers
Mexico City, Cancun, Guatemala City, San Jose, Buenos Aires, Lima, Rio, Sao Paulo,
Antigua, Barbados, Belize, Jamaica, Trinidad, or St Lucia.
Pacific Stopovers
Fiji, Hawaii, or Tahiti
Africa Stopovers
Cape Town, Johannesburg, Durban, Windhoek, Victoria Falls, Nairobi, Dar Es Salaam,
Lusaka, Entebbe
Trans Siberian Train Stopovers
Fly into St Petersburg or Moscow and out of Asia.
Advanced Purchase: 28 days Business Class, 42 days First Class
(This can change)
Mileage: Total journey must not exceed 29,000 miles
Date Changes: Return dates can be changed for approx £9.
Maximum Stay: 12 month ticket
Children (under 12): 75% of adult fare
Infants (under 2): 10% of adult fare
Why do I need travel insurance?
Well if you break your leg in Cambodia on a scooter and you have to be flown home
then that can cost £150K plus - 10 times as much in the States - so unless
you've got very very rich parents (we're talking Sunday Times Rich list Top 100)
then get a decent travel insurance - not one from a chemist or local butchers -
use a specialist that offers a policy that provides high medical expenses, repatriation
and good legal cover at the very least. You don't have to buy it through us but
you'd be a village idiot not to get insurance from somewhere. If you are cost conscious
or don't plan on taking much of value with you, we have negotiated rates that include
and exclude cover for baggage and money from 1 month up to 12 months. We believe
that the rates and cover that we offer are among the best you will find. See details
here
International Business Class featuring the
Skybed seat and self-service bar sets a new standard in comfort and innovation.
The very lap of luxury
The Skybed is different to anything you‘ve ever sat in before. Available on
all Qantas International B747-400 and A330 – 300 services, it’s designed
to give you the most comfortable range of sleeping positions ever. While you’re
awake, you’ll find the incredible cocoon design cuts out cabin noise and along
with fold-down privacy screens between the forward-facing seats, it allows you much
more peace and privacy.
You can adjust all 6’6” of the Skybed to more positions than you thought
possible – and once you’re comfortable, you’ll find a host of
other features within easy reach. There’s your personal telephone –
a world exclusive with send and receive SMS keeping you fully connected with the
outside world. If you need to work, the in-seat PC power outlet is a standard Australian
plug fitting so there is no need for expensive laptop converters. Thoughtfully designed
storage compartments keep shoes and valuables contained and there’s even an
inbuilt back massager to sooth you into restful bliss.
Qantas like to keep you stimulated too: Qantas Total Entertainment – audio
and video on demand (AVOD) in all cabins across the B747 and A300 fleet. AVOD offers
increased choice with 60 movies, 120 TV selections, a library of 120 CDs, 20 radio
channels, 10 interactive games and greater control through personal TV screens offering
digital picture and sound quality.
Choose your own Route!
There are no standard routes and there are no limits to where you can go. We can
construct any itinerary you want - feel free to call us on 020 7704 5700
or
email us
Plan it your way!
With our unique round the world
route planner, you create the trip you want. Use this interactive tool as
much as you want to find the trip that's right for you.
Talk with the experts!
One of our expert travel consultants who will then work with you to get the most
for your pound.
Pick your dates!
Once you've decided on a preferred route, your Roundtheworldflight.com specialist
will finalize the dates for each leg of your trip.
What Gear will I need?
Check out roundtheworldflights.com handy
checklist
Check out our Exclusive RTW Hotels!
Check out our roundtheworldflights.com hotels online
- from 3 star to 5 star luxury!
|
Decent 5* in Sydney? |
|
Try the 5* Quay West Suites from £73pppn |
|
|
What does ‘surface’ mean?
This means you will fly in and out of a different city or country. In other words
you will travel between them by other means; perhaps by train, bus or boat. These
surface sectors ensure that you get to see and experience more of a country - more
What tax - is it V.A.T?
The tax is airport tax, money that the airport is charging you to use its facilities.
This used to be collected at the airports, but is now payable in advance when you
purchase your ticket. There are still a few countries in which your taxes are collected
at the airport upon departure.
Recently there have been two additional charges added – Security Charges and
Fuel Surcharges - more