Originally Posted by
Gardyloo
... ...or you could reverse your route and "stop over" in Boston for a long time, and maybe use your North America legs during the balance of the 12-month validity period of the ticket. In that case, you'd probably want to buy a one-way ticket to DUB (around $500) and use miles or points to get back after finishing the RTW.
Westbound - DUB-PHL-LAX-MEL-CBR-MEL-AKL-MEL-DXB-LHR-GVA-LHR-DUB
Eastbound - DUB-xLHR-GVA-DOH-DXB-MEL-CBR-MEL-AKL-MEL-LAX-BOS-(MIA-BOS?)-PHL-DUB
And it would be real shame if you just happened to miss the last segment back to the starting point
(but this has risks). I did a 363 day *ONE* with a stopover in Melbourne for 7 months. MEL-CBR-MEL is cheap to buy with cash so a waste of 2 SWP segments. Unless you want to visit DOH & DXB QR flys DOH-MEL
Look at
Milege monkey but its now not 100% up to date. Many changes or airlines & routes & rules over the last year or so.