Originally Posted by
nielsdc
As far as I know, a change to the first flight will usually need a reissue, because the ticket validity will change. (As the ticket is valid until 1 year after the first flight). If it doesn't require a reissue, it would be a nice way to create a ticket which will be valid for more than a year. (i.e. buy a ticket starting in a year, and move the first flight to next week. You now have a ticket which is valid for almost 2 years). I very much doubt they would allow that though...
I guess I don't really see this. The originally issued ticket will have a one year validity date. Provided I start my rtw before the expiration of this date the this original validity date will no longer have any importance - the maximum stay rule will be all that matters -- Return travel from the last stopover point must commence no later than 12 months after departure. As for your example, I don't see how it would be possible as your first flight would be beyond the one year ticket validity date.