Route notes
Why this routing works
This 14-week round-the-world routing starts and ends in Los Angeles and moves in a steady westbound sequence across East Asia, Southeast Asia, Australia, Fiji, and New Zealand. The structure uses open-jaw and overland segments in Japan, between Siem Reap and Bangkok, and between Nadi and Christchurch, which helps limit backtracking and keeps the long-haul sectors focused on the major regional jumps.
The first section is built around a surface transfer from Tokyo to Osaka before continuing through China with planned stays in Beijing, Xianyang, Shanghai, and Hong Kong. From there, the ticket picks up again into Southeast Asia via Siem Reap, followed by an overland link to Bangkok and a short onward sequence through Koh Samui and Singapore. This kind of sequencing is useful when neighboring cities or countries are better connected on the ground than by adding another ticketed flight.
The final third of the route shifts into longer-haul pacing, with Singapore linking onward to Cairns and Sydney, then across the Pacific to Nadi. After Fiji, the itinerary resumes in Christchurch by surface sector and finishes with Auckland before the transpacific return to Los Angeles. With business-class cabin booked throughout, this is a practical fit for a multi-continent itinerary that mixes shorter regional hops with several long intercontinental sectors.
Timing is also spread sensibly across the route, with longer stays concentrated in Beijing, Sydney, and Nadi, and shorter stops used to bridge the denser flight sections. The result is a ticket structure that covers a large geographic span without requiring a full return to previous regions, which is the core advantage of a properly sequenced RTW fare.