What he means is that you have to go around the world. You cannot stop half way. A refund is very much out of the question. To add insult to injury, if you do not complete the itinerary the airline can proceed to reprice your sections flown as a multi-city after the validity of the RTW has expired. This can be very, very, very costly, although I have not heard of situations were it actually happened.

Your best bet (and most logical answer) is to cancel the whole thing and book the segments seperately. If you have a A or D class ticket this will no doubt mean extra cost. You might consider a Visit Asia from Delhi and buy the JNB-DEL and BKK-USA tickets.

I am a bit confused by the rule sheet pandaperth provided and the cancellation paragraph (expecially 16B-3). It would seem to allow midway cancellation (and even providing a refund). I am flying back from MIA-xLHR-NBO myself in May (to end in Africa) and I have been told in no uncertain terms I could not cancel the ticket in MIA or LHR or I would incur a fine.

Anybody? (EDIT: I have now been told the reason for cancellation needs to be valid, like illness or death in the family. Is that right?)

Congratulations on the new job by the way!