Originally Posted by headinclouds
A rough cut at an itinerary is somthing like this:
EDI-LHR-DEL-HKG-BJS//HKG-BKK-HKG-JFK-LIM-SCL-EZE-LHR-EDI
You can do South America before North America by using the transit without stopover to South America. Replace the ...HKG-JFK-LIM... with HKG-LAX-LIM just pick the CX flight that arrives in LAX after the departure of the LAN flight SCL-LIM. Then you would revise the EZE-LHR segment with EZE-USA-some flights in the US-LHR-EDI.
The lower cost for RTW starting from the UK are in economy class only, not business or first. If that is your intention, then the UK is a good place to start. And of course do you intend to accrue FF miles? If so, then many of these flight will earn 0 miles (CX) or 25% miles (BA/QF). And no it is not to early to start planning, booking for a January departure.
Doesn't he have one transatlantic too many in this itiniary - even if he starts the RTW in LHR ? He would surely have to book JFK-LHR-JFK on a seperate ticket if starting in LON.
I am not sure about the LONEx fares, but the UK has not been the best place to start a RTW in J or F. I recently did a DONE3 ex Romania and saved a bucket !