<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by number_6:
The advantage of starting your RTW outside of US/Canada is that you get 6 sectors for US/Canada travel (instead of 2).</font>
You always can have six segments in NA but you only get two stopovers if you originate in NA. This stopover limitation applies to whatever continent in which you originate.