Welcome to the boards! Here are some resources on RTW travel you might find helpful:
BUSINESS TRAVELLER, a UK publication, has a chart with RTW airfares in the back of the magazine each month
www.airtreks.com - web site for a US travel agency that specializes in RTW travel. Edward Hasbrouck works here; he has written PRACTICAL NOMAD: HOW TO TRAVEL AROUND THE WORLD. This was the best book on the topic. It has an extensive section on air.
An on-line RTW travel guide can be found at
http://www.travel-library.com/rtw/html/
I hope you find some of these sources helpful. And would you please post any you find useful? I took a STAR-alliance RTW trip over the yearend holidays, and hope to take another within the next couple years. I'm definitely a novice on the topic, and eager to learn more.
Enjoy both your planning and your travel.
[This message has been edited by SanDiego1K (edited 02-03-2001).]