Due to family health issues we arent taking a big holiday this year, so, am saving up all my Task Apps accounts and i also have a gallon bottle for change that i usually save up from one year till next... Last year i had £476 in it, this year i got motivated by the new £1 coin and the phasing out of old ones and also stuck all "old" £1 coins in (But have now been sticking new ones in too) to cash into my bank account on october 13 (Last day of old £1s being legal) Am expecting this time well over a grand, plus my current combined total (To date) in all my task apps accounts since last cashout is about £2600... So.... have decided to do a RTW (Round the world) trip, but, in true TMS fashion, we are going to do it using LOCO airlines where possible. I seen an article by a journalist who did a standard RTW routing using LOCO airlines... he did it on £1600... i thought... "I can beat that"! So, using the excellent-cannot rate highly enough SkyScanner and Kayak i set about looking, using current cheapest prices on any date this is what i have loosely come up with. Glasgow to Budapest (£18),Budapest to Dubai (£54) Dubai to Mumbai (£61) Mumbai to Chennai (£27) Chennai to Singapore (£24) Singapore to Hong Kong (£42) Hong Kong to Tokyo (£33) Tokyo to Manila (£91) Manila to Sydney (£106) Sydney to Honolulu (£193) Honolulu to Oakland (£143) Oakland to Los Angeles (£31) Los Angeles to Chicago (£37) Chicago to Boston (£37) Boston to Glasgow (via Toronto & Halifax) £118.. Total £1015 each!... That is just my preliminary route, which will get trimmed as we only can take 3 weeks off work so a few places will get binned, and prices (many not bookable yet) may slightly change.
As an aside for anyone who fancies a visit to Dubai, it is possible to do this for under £200 return, using Wizz Air... I priced up Glasgow to Bucharest £40 return, and Bucharest to Dubai £134... being VERY flexible on dates but do-able.