Originally Posted by
Gardyloo
Maybe yes, maybe no. At the 26K mi (Y) level the GlobEx from Oz is A$490 cheaper than a low-season LONE4. Many economy-class users of these products are very budget-sensitive.
But 26K mile RTW is almost impossible to route from Australia (it is primarily useful for northern hemisphere only). For example more than 26K miles is needed for the simple routing syd-lax-jfk-lhr-hel-lhr-syd. So it really has to be compared to the 29K fare, and even that prohibits many routings (no visit to most of the middle east, for example, as mileage goes over 30K for most routes).