Route notes
Why this routing works
This round-the-world ticket is structured westbound from San Jose through South America, across Oceania, into Southeast Asia, and back to Central America via Madrid. The routing uses a mix of flight sectors and planned overland gaps, which can be useful when you want to cover neighboring points without adding extra flight coupons on the long-haul ticket.
The itinerary starts with San Jose and then picks up again in La Paz, indicating an overland transition into Bolivia before continuing to Santiago. A similar structure appears between Santiago and Auckland, then Christchurch and Sydney, allowing surface travel to bridge those points while keeping the intercontinental flights on the ticket. That sequencing reduces backtracking and keeps the long-haul legs moving in one direction.
Within the second half of the trip, the ticket tightens into a more flight-driven sequence: Melbourne to Manila, then Singapore, Bangkok, Madrid, and San Jose. The longest confirmed stays are 19 nights in Manila and 18 nights in Bangkok, with shorter timing in Singapore at 4 nights and Madrid at 3 nights. That makes the route weighted toward longer stops in Southeast Asia before a brief Europe connection on the way home.
At 18 weeks in economy, this is a comparatively extended RTW plan with a from-price range of USD 4,781 to USD 6,259. With departure in October and travel spanning the October to December season, the routing is designed as a single continuous ticket rather than a cluster of separate returns, which can help keep multi-continent timing and stop order aligned from the outset.