Sorry, I probably wasn't clear in my question: I was wondering if anyone had looked into the PRICE (in US dollars, of course) of a SkyTeam RTW ticket, originating from the US recently. Archival posts would only be of passing interest becuase, as I alluded to in my earlier post, a primary incentive for such a ticket would be the collection of MQMs. My historical knowledge of RTW tickets is that they are generally very favorably priced. In fact, when I looked into the possibility of using an RTW award several years ago, the kind person at SMS specifically advised me to look into a purchased ticket instead as she felt that the RTW award was too restrictive and not an efficient use of miles. At the time, I believe a RTW First ticket was a little over $5K.