Originally Posted by
Redheadpeter
I have just been playing with that with the OW tool and it seems starting from Amman makes it a DONE5 rather than a DONE4.
Yes, it would be a five-continent itinerary (xONE5) since you're touching both North and South America as well as Oz, Africa and Europe. Since there are no Africa < > South America routes flown by Oneworld airlines, all Oneworld RTWs must include Europe.
Need to play a bit more with the tool and see if it fits into 34,000 miles. According to mileagemonkey this itinerary:
amm-jfk-eze-scl-ipc-ppt-akl-syd-jnb-amm
comes to 31,503 miles
Yes, but since there's no JNB-AMM service you'll have to go via MAD or LHR in order to return to the Middle East, which will send you over the max. It looks like the easiest way you could fit this into a GlobEx would be to cut out North America.
You might look around for starting points where a DONE5 wouldn't be too onerous compared to the GlobEx (looks like Egypt might be cheaper than Jordan, also closer). Or, make a 2-year "strategic" travel plan and think about using mileage redemption (on a business class RTW you can earn a huge number of FF points) for destinations that would add big costs to your initial paid ticket.