Hi folks, I've been looking at the Circle Pacific fares and it appears that the business class fare is US$6600 starting in the US, but only US$4320 starting from the Philippines (Manila). Is it a reasonable strategy to use FF miles to get to Manila and then circle from there to save $2300 on the fare?

It has the further advantage of allowing the Circle to be divided into two trips with a break at home in between:
1) Manila -> SE Asia stops -> LAX
Downtime at home for a month
2) LAX -> South Pacific stops -> Manila

My only concern is that the Circle Pacific Rule Sheet says something about how the fare in the county or origin must not be lower than from the country of sale - not sure exactly what that means or if there is some way to get around it.

Thanks for any insights/suggestions.
-J.R.