Well, I guess that brings me to Plan E: Use a 60,000 Milesaver award to fly one-way from NYC to SCL on Jan. 8, 2009. Since buying a one-way ticket (or even a round-trip ticket) from NYC-SCL is about $1,000 - $1,200, it still works out to a $.02 redemption rate, and I'll also still save about $2,000 on each DONE5 b/c I'm starting in South America (the taxes actually appear more favorable when purchased in Chile than in the U.S.). (fyi, I need to fly into Chile on a OW carrier so that I can purchase a Visit South America Pass.) The downside of this plan is that at the end of the trip, I'll be "stranded" in SCL, but maybe I can buy a OW Award in early 2009, which will let me do a second RTW and finish in the US (with the origin/destination being the one allowed open leg).