Check out <a href="http://www.flyertalk.com/milesfr.shtml" target="_blank">http://www.flyertalk.com/milesfr.shtml</a>
Have a look at the oneworld and Star Alliance forums. There is lots of advice on RTW. There are also several very good, unoffical, RTW websites.
Star Alliance - <a href="http://www.informationlab.com/rtw.htm" target="_blank">http://www.informationlab.com/rtw.htm</a>
oneworld - <a href="http://www.fewmiles.net/oneworld" target="_blank">http://www.fewmiles.net/oneworld</a>
I've just bought a oneworld 4 Continent RTW ticket in First Class starting in Joburg for about £2800. It works out at about £128 per sector. Unfortunatley, oneworld got wise to all the non South African based people booking and bumped the price by about 90% on 1st February!
I've booked a BA Miles flight in WT+ to get me from EDI to JNB.
The full itinerary is:-
JNB-SYD - First. .SYD-PER - Biz (two class cabin). .PER-SYD - Biz (two class cabin). .SYD-HTI - Economy (single class route). .HTI-SYD - Economy (single class route). .SYD-LAX - First. .LAX-MIA - First. .MIA-SJU - Biz (two class cabin). .SJU-EIS - Economy (single class route). .EIS-SJU - Economy (single class route). .SJU-BGI - Economy (single class route). .BGI-LGW - First. .EDI-CDG - Business (single class route). .CDG-EDI - Business (single class route). .LHR-DXB - First. .DXD-LHR - First. .LHR-CPT - First. .CPT-DUR - Business (single class route). .DUR-CPT - Business (single class route). .PLZ-JNB - Business (single class route)
The great thing is that the ticket is valid for a year, so I get three good holidays and a weekend away for one price!!
