Hi,

I'm looking into a RTW starting in Cairo and am looking at SKYRTWs which I've not investigated before. As many have commented on here they aren't quite as forthcoming with info and ease of planning as the other alliances so this immediately puts me off, but, hey, I'm persisting for a bit

Looking at the fare rules I got from a travel agent here, I've just got a few questions:

It doesn't list ICN and GMP as being "considered as one city" which seems a bit harsh. Is this definitely the case?

All the references in the rules refer to 'stopovers' and not to 'segments' which, I think, contrasts with OW and *A, i.e. on the latter two if I go overland JFK-YUL then they will (annoyingly) count that as one of my sixteen flight segments but my interpretation of the SkyTeam 'stopover' rule is that overland JFK-YUL will be one 'stopover' and thus I won't lose a flight segment if I do that (tho obviously it is still counted in the mileage). Am I reading this right? (I kind of think I can't be, because then there'd be no point in listing airports considered in the same city because you wouldn't lose anything going overland between any airports? Also, I must admit I don't understand what "A FLIGHT COUPON WITHOUT CONFIRMED SPACE CONSTITUTES A STOPOVER" means... but have a suspicion this might be where I'm slipping up!)

Also, due to somewhat unforthcoming AF and DL agents here, it'd be great if someone could post the economy fare prices for the SKYRTW tickets on here. Also an up to date copy of the rules would be great because what I have from an agent here doesn't list the flight exceptions (which I assume are just the codeshares?) so not sure if there's anything else I'm missing. The latest copy of the rules in this thread still lists CO in there so I assume there's updated versions now.

(Why oh why the SkyTeam website can't just tell us this I don't know... why do I need to "Consult your travel agent or one of our Member airlines" for something which I can download in seconds as a pdf? Ditto the fare prices... are they determined for me not to buy this ticket? )

If it comes to actually ticketing this, then what are my options? My first flight would probably be to YUL so I can either do that with AF or DL, but I could go the other direction and have my first flight with KQ. Is one carrier definitely advantageous to book with because they don't apply other carriers' surcharges? (As happens with OW.)

If this was ticketed through an agent in the UK what base fare would they charge? (I assume the same fare as here, but converted into GBP at what rate? The rules I have don't seem to say...)

Lastly, the SkyTeam website is still advertising their 10th anniversary "up to 30% off" offer.... which says book by 30th September. Has this been extended or are they just exceedingly lazy when it comes to updating things? Doesn't inspire one to get this ticket with them instead of another alliance!!

Thanks for your help, and sorry if there's a tone of SkyTeam negativity in the post, I just feel I'm asking awfully simple questions that I can normally answer myself in seconds...