Route notes
Why this routing works
This round-the-world routing starts in Christchurch with a short Pacific stop in Nadi, continues to Chicago for the longest stay of the trip, then picks up again in London after an overland gap. That open-jaw structure breaks the journey into clear segments and allows the transatlantic portion to be handled outside the flight ticket while keeping the long-haul sequence intact.
From London, the ticket resumes with a short intra-Europe hop to Munich before turning east to Singapore and then back to Christchurch. Sequencing Europe before Southeast Asia keeps the route moving in one general direction around the globe rather than retracing earlier long-haul sectors.
With 7 weeks total, the timed stays shown here are concentrated in Nadi for 4 nights, Chicago for 15 nights, and Singapore for 3 nights, with the remaining time spread across the other stops and the overland section. In economy, this kind of RTW fare is best read as a framework for the major intercontinental flights, with the overland Chicago-to-London break giving flexibility without requiring a return to a previous ticketed point.
Priced from USD 4,221 to USD 5,526 in economy for August travel, this itinerary fits a classic RTW pattern: Pacific crossing, North America, Europe, Asia, and back to New Zealand. It is a useful example of combining flight segments and one overland gap into a single around-the-world ticket structure.