<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by zvezda:
You're right. One cannot complete a Star RTW in 48 hours according to the rules. Most of my Star RTWs end up with two stopovers (>= 24 hours), but I've never tried to fly a RTW without any stopovers. I always want at least one.</font>
You still could - * RTW's allow you to travel further than round the world, provided you don't pass through city of origin and you still end your trip in country of origin. You'd have to be creative with the rest of the trip given the other rules as you would have crossed the Atlantic and Pacific and done Area 2 to Area 3 not to mention stopovers in the same area. You could theoretically start in say Chicago, head west through Asia to Europe and back over the Atlantic to say LAX, then zig zag up and down between Canada/US to ORD getting your 3 minimum stopovers in before ending back in ORD. Your ORD-LAX without stops is certainly RTW !!