Should I buy an around the world ticket from Australia or a nearby country?

3/7/2012 10:39:44 AM

Depends(tm).

For Star Alliance RTW tickets, which are probably the single most popular choice (but not necessarily the cheapest), prices do vary considerably by country, although this is largely due to currency fluctuations and you need to do a bit of legwork to figure out how much you can actually save. Here’s a thread discussing the prices, including a handy spreadsheet showing the prices equalized into US dollars as of Jan 2011:

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/star-alliance/908183-updated-rtw-spreadsheet-updated-1-jan-2011-a.html

So a year ago, a YRWSPCL (the cheapest option) would have cost you US$3282 in Australia, but US$2646 from Malawi. Problem is, it’ll cost you a lot more than $600 to get to Malawi and back, and as far as I can see none of the countries you can cheaply reach from Oz have much of an edge: NZ is only marginally cheaper at US$3059 and eg. Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand are all more expensive.

Edit: Here’s a nifty tool that shows current prices for a crapload of RTW fares from points around the world:

http://www.wandr.me/RTW_Fares.aspx/

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