Originally Posted by
The Lev
There is a third group:
Business people who realize they can often get a RTW fare cheaper that a round trip in J to a single destination who then "lump" several trips in to one to maximize their travel budget. For example, if you have business in Europe and Asia rather than booking several round trips you combine them and do one RTW itinerary.
I am in this category.
I often travel on this itinerary ( or a variation thereof):
TPE-CGK-SIN-BKK-FRA-YYZ-PVG-HGH-ICN-TPE
It is cheaper than buying round trip from YYZ ( my point of origin)
to PVG/ICN/HGH/TPE/CGK/SIN/BKK - which are my business destinations.