Originally Posted by saimike
thanks everyone for their help. my plan to buy a DONE3 was foiled ... my T/A managed to get a fare low enough that persuading my management to spring for the DONE3 is impossible
sigh.
Not too surprising. The airlines have lots of negotiated fares that knock down the RT costs from anywhere to anywhere below the RTW fare costs (and that make sense, given max 6 segments for the RT vs 20 segments on the RTW -- quite a difference in the seat miles).