Originally Posted by Viajero
And if the OW Explorer is not what you want, or can't make it work for you, then take a look at the Global Explorer fare, which is distance based, and permits you to return from HKG back to Europe, without having to go RTW.
You're the second person to make this statement recently (I think it was Guy Betsy who said the same on another thread) but I don't see it. The Global Explorer also requires RTW travel. You have to cross the Pacific and the Atlantic once and only once each.