I live in the U.S. but am beginning my RTW trip in South America, which saves me about $1,100/ticket if purchased in Canada. There are more than 16 total segments, although only 15 flown segments. The ticket will therefore be paper, though not handwritten (at least that's my understanding of how it works).

Assuming I don't want to use a travel agent (partly because I'm not sure if they can "take over" my existing reservation), my understanding is that I have two options: (1) purchase in person at a Canadian ticket counter using my U.S. credit card; or (2) purchase by telephone and have them mail me the ticket PROVIDED I use a credit card with a Canadian billing address and the tickets are mailed to that address.

First, is that others' understanding? Second, do you see any problem with using a mail-forwarding service in Canada? It seems I could set this up for a nominal amount and have my credit card bills and tickets sent there and then forwarded on to me. Doing this would only cost me around $100.

It seems that this would fully comply with the requirement that my ticket be purchased in Canada, since the requirement says nothing about whether I actually reside in Canada. Thanks.