Dear All,

I'm looking to purchase a Great Escapade round the world (RTW) ticket this month starting and ending in LHR. For those unfamiliar with the product it is a 29,000 mi RTW (+4500 mi for fee) fare that can only use Virgin Atlantic, Singapore Airlines (and Silk Air for one side trip), and Air New Zealand. I have the itinerary generally worked out as below (layovers in parentheses):

LHR-DEL-SIN-SYD-AKL-NOU-(akl)-APW-TBU-(akl)-NAN-RAR-LAX-LHR

I just want to know which airline I should book through to get the lowest taxes. I plan to depart September 14, 2009 at the Great Escapade price of 1018 GBP (presently about $1680 USD). So as the title of my thread says, which airline cheaper for taxes/surcharges: Virgin vs Singapore vs Air New Zealand?

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Cheers, Robert