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Re:Fly to 6 Continents in Style by rdl on Wednesday August 15, 2012 @05:28PM (#4388329)
The deal with official RTW fares, at least in 2000-2008 when I was checking them, was to buy them ex-interesting country vs. ex-USA. They have a price set in local currency, so when a currency drops vs. the USD, it takes them 6-12 months to adjust prices. ex-CAI, ex-BKK, ex-KUL were all excellent places to buy for a long time.

A guy on flyertalk would maintain a list of ex-various *A RTW prices. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AuTBktAWbGhwdHd...

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Re:Fly to 6 Continents in Style by saryant on Wednesday August 15, 2012 @07:00PM (#4388790)
sbm13 (Another Flyertalker) maintains a version on that mashed up on Google Maps: http://www.wandr.me/RTW_Fares.aspx/
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Re:Fly to 6 Continents in Style by rdl on Wednesday August 15, 2012 @07:18PM (#4388882)
Wow, I remember when FRTWSTAR3 were <$7k, now they're about $20k. (post-9/11)
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