<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by FewMiles:
MUST BE VIA BOTH THE ATLANTIC
AND PACIFIC OCEANS. ONLY ONE TRANSATLANTIC
AND ONE TRANSPACIFIC FLIGHT IS PERMITTED.
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I think what you quoted says it all, you must cross the Atlantic and the Pacific exactly once. If you add the requirement of finishing the trip in the country of origin it's quite clearly RTW.