To fly around the world with a family of four, including taxes, with multiple stops in various directions, using airline miles only for a single flight back home cost us:

$11,561

* Again, we were able to use airline miles accrued through our Chase Ink Bold and Chase Sapphire (my wife’s card) to pay for our flight home. Besides this, we used no airline miles on our big flights.

If you take a look at our itinerary (also see below), I think this is actually a steal!

Her is a summary of our 6 flights

1. SanFrancisco(SFO) » CapeTown(CPT)                      1 stop

SanFrancisco,SanFranciscoIntl(SFO)»Dubai,Dubai(DXB)

• DEPART: 4:45pm Fri
• ARRIVE:  7:20pm Sat

connectionin­Dubai,8hours30mins

Dubai,Dubai(DXB)»CapeTown,CapeTownIntl(CPT) Emirates

• DEPART:,03:50amSun
• ARRIVE:  11:40amSun

2. Durban(DUR) » Denpasar Bali(DPS)                             2 stops

Durban,KingShakaIntl(DUR)»Johannesburg,O.R.TamboIntl(JNB)

SouthAfricanAirways  SA550

• DEPART: 12:00pm noon Thu
• ARRIVE:  1:10pm Thu

connectionin­Johannesburg,2hours5mins

Johannesburg,O.R.TamboIntl(JNB)»Doha,Doha(DOH)

QatarAirways

• DEPART: 3:15pm Thu
• ARRIVE:  11:55pm Thu

connectionin­Doha,2hours15mins

Doha,Doha(DOH)»DenpasarBali,NgurahRai(DPS) QatarAirwaysQR962

• DEPART: 02:10am Fri
• ARRIVE: 5:10pm Fri

3. DenpasarBali(DPS) » Auckland(AKL)                           1 stop

DenpasarBali,NgurahRai(DPS)»Brisbane,Brisbane(BNE) VirginAustraliaVA46

• DEPART:  9:10pm Tue
• ARRIVE:  4:55am Wed

connectionin­Brisbane,1hour35mins

Brisbane,Brisbane(BNE)»Auckland,Auckland(AKL) VirginAustraliaVA152

• DEPART: 6:30am Wed
• ARRIVE: 12:35pm Wed

4. Christchurch(CHC) » Melbourne(MEL)                         nonstop

Christchurch,Christchurch(CHC)»Melbourne,Melbourne(MEL), VirginAustraliaVA101(OperatedbyVIRGINAUSTRALIANZ)

• DEPART: 4:00pm Tue
• ARRIVE: 5:50pm Tue

5. Brisbane(BNE) » Cairns(CNS)                                        nonstop

Brisbane,Brisbane(BNE)»Cairns,Cairns(CNS), VirginAustraliaVA785

• DEPART: 1:35pm Thu
• ARRIVE: 4:05pm Thu

6. Cairns(CNS) » Bangkok(BKK)                                         2 stops

Cairns,Cairns(CNS)»Darwin,Darwin(DRW), QantasAirwaysQF1874

• DEPART: 8:40pm Sun
• ARRIVE: 10:45pm Sun

connectionin­Darwin,7hours15mins

Darwin,Darwin(DRW)»KualaLumpur,KualaLumpurIntl(KUL), MalaysiaAirlinesMH144

• DEPART: 6:00am Mon
• ARRIVE: 9:20am Mon

connectionin­KualaLumpur,5hours55mins

KualaLumpur,KualaLumpurIntl(KUL)»Bangkok,SuvarnabhumiIntl(BKK)

How did we do this?

We Used Indie!

Indie a subsidiary of AirTreks is an extremely underrated around the world travel planner by Bootsnall.

I will be writing a blog post about the process through Indie in the future, but if you are planning a multi-destination trip with children I honestly believe there is just no better way!