Originally Posted by
grigriteam
One final question... QUESTION NINE: Can I purchase the ticket in Country A with an itinerary to start in Country B? For example, can I purchase the ticket in New Zealand but begin the itinerary in Australia?
The answer is "yes, but..."
If you use the online tool to purchase the ticket, then you will pay the fare for the country from which the journey starts - in your example Australia
If you purchase the ticket through an airline or a travel agent, then you pay the HIGHER of the two fares - the fare for the country where the airline office/travel agent is located and the fare for the country where the journey starts - in your example the higher of the NZ and AUS fares, which will be the AUS fare
See Rule15 in the
Rules. There are exceptions if you buy the ticket in either Canada or Europe.
Originally Posted by
grigriteam
Even after all of these questions, there's a good chance that I am going to scrap the entire idea of a RTW ticket and make my way across the globe using one-ways. I imagine that it will be a little (a lot?) more expensive, but I won't be limited to 12 months and I can get much more creative in my trip planning. I tend to wander, a lot... for that reason, the other RTW tickets with their mileage limitations just aren't cost effective. But the time limitation might get me in the end, anyway.
If you have the time, then you can do a lot of the world travelling overland and only buy the (relatively) expensive one-way plane tickets where you have to. Way back in the 70's I took two years to travel overland from UK to Aus and fly one-way from Sydney back to the UK via the Pacific and Atlantic. The plane ticket cost a whole A$800, had unlimited stopovers, any airline, and a maximum permitted miles of just over 15,000. Wonder what such a ticket would cost today
