Thanks for the info.

Sorry, I didn't find anything on the search facility (am in Cambodia too and internet is slow enough without waiting for a search).

Anyway, yes I understand about the 10 per cent penalty, that is in my travel agent's conditions and also in, for example, the online conditions for British Airways.

What I, and I know others too, don't get is that how we can be expected to pay for the point to point fares if there is no notice of those on the conditions I was given when I purchased the ticket (and I certainly can't see anything about point to point fares in that, just the stuff about the 10 per cent penalty which is fair enough). As far as I know, in English law at least, you are bound by terms and conditions which you agree to and have notice of when you buy a ticket!

Sorry if this seems like a basic thing to you guys, but I am a round the world ticket virgin and have no idea about all this! And I certainly wouldn't recommend them to anyone else after all the nitty gritty that you have to know about it.