is it a legal requirement to price in local currencies for many countries?

Currency of air fares is set by IATA, not the filing airline—it takes a while (months at least) before the currency can be changed.

Agree that ex-Africa is unlikely to be filled with bargains.

initially, maybe no bargain. but over time, opportunities will emerge which is how things have been playing out.

I agree. Initially, of course, the fares will be set to the proper levels. However, Africa has some volatile countries, so over time, bargains may start to emerge. Other than immediate crises, though, this will take years of gradual currency changes to really make a difference IMO.

I agree.

It looks OK but I would do ...LHR-MUC-LHR... and take a train from Munich to Innsbruck and back.

Is the INN-LHR segment part of your RTW ticket?

If Yes, then your ticket is not valid, because it consists of 17 segments; the ticket has a limit of 16 segments.
If No, then your RTW ticket is valid, because it consists of 16 segments:

But INV-LHR-xxx has no UK APD. A good reason to have part of the itinerary

http://www.gcmap.com/mapui?P=NRT-LHR...SU=kts&RS=best

Consider HND as well as NRT
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haneda_Airport

Has anyone had any success in booking a RTW or Circle Pacific with the first leg on Cathay? I've called twice now, and I've only received an e-mail back with a price on the RTW fare, but the e-mail made it seem that the Circle Pacific fare doesn't exist, which is clearly shown on Cathay's website. The last agent I spoke to said I would receive a call back, but these tickets may take 1 hr + to book and I'd prefer to do it at my convenience. Also, I'm looking to book 5 people and the flight I want is A5 currently, so I'm hoping to make a connection with the proper team soon.

If you are talking about booking a oneworld explorer ticket, have you tried to book thru the AA RTW desk? The fact the first segment is on another airline does not foreclose AA from issuing the ticket and the AA RTW desk is usually a joy to work with.

What fare basis and base fare did Cathay quote you? If your routing complies with Circle Pacific rules, then it should qualify as xCIRxx rather than xONEx or xGLOBxx. You might reply back by email to confirm that it is priced as desired (e.g., using DCIR22). You could also call AA, but they will likely want one or more over the water flights booked as AA codes, which you might or might not be happy about.

For comparison, the base xCIRxx fares I see in EF for ex-HKG in USD are:

• LCIR22: $3002.43
• LCIR26: $3663.12
• LCIR29SA: $3904.18
• DCIR22: $5247.24
• DCIR26: $6401.53
• DCIR29SA: $6819.88
• ACIR22: $7492.05
• ACIR26: $9139.95
• ACIR29SA: $9739.41

The SA fares allow South America and flights with LA codes operated by SA. The xCIRxxSA rules say:

I tried the AA desk, and they could only book 330 days in advance. All the flights I'm looking at are available from other OW partners. One of the flights I want is A5, and I'm trying to book for 5 people so I'd like to get this done ASAP. The AA rep also said that they would need to look for "American space" on the first flight. I asked if she was referring to American codeshares, and she said "no, just American space." I'm not sure what that refers to.

I'm looking to make 2 bookings for 2 groups of passengers, 1 group on ACIR22 and 1 group on AONE3. I received an e-mail from CX that said my AIRC22 routing wasn't a valid RTW routing (obviously). I'm not sure they were aware of Circle Pacific. I received a call last night from CX but I was sleeping and missed it. It is a bit annoying I can't call at my own convenience. I imagine they will be especially hard to reach now with HKIA closed.