Indeed Rich, I agree 100%. Unless it's Iberia, where I can only agree 30%.

I sent some of the prices to fewmiles for 6 or 7 countries, of which Korea was the cheapest. Some of them went way up.

Finland still isn't quite so bad, and you still get your 3 stops in Asia. If the structure stays the same, it will probably be where I begin my next RTW in three years. *sigh* But I saw that *A lowered many of their fares. Maybe we will see the same. I also hope to see the S/A countries go down. I couldn't imagine that LA sees too many RTW's begin out of South America. Seems that it should be more in line with Africa. But what the hell do I know....