Originally Posted by
wbl-mn-flyer
Even though I had to pick specific dates and flights, it can't be bothered to give me an exact or at least ballpark price? If it was a different of $5,000 or $10,000 or $15,000 depending on days and flights a lot of people might be inclined to take that 6am flight on tuesday instead of the 3pm flight on wednesday, etc.
AFAIK, Skyteam RTW fares don't vary depending on days/flights. The fare is a fixed amount, according to a) country of departure, and b) maximum total mileage (eg: 24,000 miles, for the special promotion). The RTW fare maps into a specific fare-class (which varies from airline to airline), and then either that fare-bucket is available on the day/flight you want (in which case you get the RTW ticket at the listed price), or it isn't (and you can't get the ticket at all).
For example, suppose you want to fly SVO to IST on SU, and the Skyteam RTW fare-class in economy on SU is, say, Q. So, if the Q fare-bucket is available, you can get the ticket; and if it isn't, you can't (even if higher fare-buckets are available). The same applies for all segments in the itinerary - if they are all available in the appropriate fare-class, you can get the ticket; if any one isn't, then you can't.
At least, this is how it used to work
(Skyteam RTW publication from June 2008). It seems Skyteam no longer publish the fare rules for their RTW tickets, so it's difficult to know for sure...