Holidays in Pacific Region - The Circle Pacific Offer From Star Alliance

Posted on July 31, 2008 - Filed Under Online travel for less

The sun rises at the horizon, you are looking east from the eastern coast of New Zealand. That’s the place where the days starts, nobody sees the sun before. Australia, on the neighborhood, has quite a similar situation while in central Asia it is still dark. And America… Well, in America is already midday… but the midday that belongs to the day before!

Certainly jet lag is going to be the all time companion in this trip through the Pacific region. Setting clocks backward and forward will bring you crazy, sleepiness after every flight will make your eyes stay open at night time and fall with daylight. Amazingly, the uniqueness of these territories is so strong that it will make these problems seem like jumping over a grain of rice in the middle of a green field.

Let’s touch floor after this long jump and look at what Star Alliance is offering to get this dream accomplished. This is one of their most popular proposals as it allows you to travel in a circle along America, Asia, Australia and South Pacific islands with an economic air pass that will allow you to freely travel along this regions following some certain rules.

They are being pretty generous with the timing, setting the maximum time to complete the circle in up to 6 months. Of course this is going to be good for your jet lag, as you will have time to recover between one flight and another. The offer includes 2 options depending on the amount of miles you are looking to sum up, and they will have different prices as well. Choosing a maximum of 22,000 miles you will have time to explore most of the coastal places of the 3 continents, but taking the option of 26,000 miles will allow you to see even more cities or get a bit deeper inland.

Whatever the option you choose, it is available in Economy, Business and First class, in a way that every traveler can feel comfortable with their needs. Children discounts apply of course for the little ones for all the classes depending on their age.

The trip, as said, has to be made in a circle, in a way that after you have left one of the main zones, you can’t go back. To make it clear in an example, if you explore China and then you fly to New Zealand, then you will not be allowed to fly to Japan unless you first cross the Pacific to visit America. From America, you only will be allowed then to come back to Asia, a visit to Australia will not be available at that point. Of course, far from being a discouraging rule, this is a way to make your trip more intelligent, saving miles for the long trips, and allowing you to explore a region to the very end before moving to a new zone. Of course, you are also allowed to choose the direction of the circle.

If we have to find a negative point on the offer, it is that South and Central America is not included in it, so you only will be able to visit USA and Canada from the American continent. In any case, far from being a reason to pull you back, I think the offer is extremely interesting for the traveler that wants to explore the intriguing Asia and Oceania and also the west coast of either USA and Canada.

If your interest is really into South America, I wouldn’t recommend you to choose Star Alliance to organize your trip, as their organization lacks in airlines serving the southern continent. Instead, I would go for One World or Sky Team, or even some regional South American tickets provided by the LAN group.

Dani Alonso

Planning a European trip or one to the South Pacific? I can help you at: http://the-dream.ws

For more information on traveling to or within Europe: http://the-dream-trip.blogspot.com

around the world trip

Share This

Related Posts

Comments

Leave a Reply




  • Random Posts

  • Recent Comments

    • Tag Cloud

    • Archives

    • Recent Posts

      • Close
      E-mail It