Route notes
Why this routing works
This round-the-world routing uses a clear eastbound progression from New York City across Turkey and Northern/Central Europe, then continues through Cyprus, Dubai, Indonesia, Australia, New Zealand, French Polynesia, Los Angeles, and back to New York City. Several sectors are intentionally left open for overland travel, including Antalya to Izmir, Helsinki to Tallinn, and Frankfurt to Vienna, which helps reduce backtracking while keeping the long-haul flight structure intact.
The middle section is built around shorter stays in Larnaca, Dubai, and Jakarta before a longer stop in Denpasar Bali, then another overland gap from Perth to Sydney. That sequencing can work well for travelers combining fixed long-haul flights with more flexible regional movement, while still preserving a continuous west-to-east ticket structure through Asia and Australasia.
The Pacific segment is especially important to ticket correctly: Auckland connects onward to Papeete, then Bora Bora, back through Papeete as a same-day layover, and on to Los Angeles before the final return to New York City. Including the Papeete return as a layover rather than a stop keeps the itinerary moving without adding an extra stay, and it fits neatly into the final transpacific leg.
At 15 weeks in business class, this is a long, premium RTW with a broad geographic spread and a mix of flight sectors and self-managed surface segments. The sold price range of USD 12,673 to 19,332 reflects that complexity, along with the number of stops and the inclusion of long-haul travel across Europe, the Middle East, Southeast Asia, Australasia, and the Pacific.