Route notes
Why this routing works
This 28-week round-the-world itinerary is built as a true westbound loop from Sydney, starting with a long Southeast Asia section before moving north through Japan, crossing the Pacific to North America, continuing onward to Europe, and then returning to Australia via East and Southeast Asia. The sequence keeps the long-haul crossings to a few major transitions: Japan to Canada, New York City to London, and Frankfurt to Seoul, before the final return through Singapore and Bali to Sydney.
Within Asia, the ticket uses repeat gateway cities where they help connect the routing cleanly. Bangkok appears twice, creating a practical split between the Thailand stops and the onward flight to Phnom Penh, while Tokyo is used before and after Okinawa to structure the Japan portion. That kind of backtracking can make a complex itinerary easier to price and ticket while preserving longer stays of roughly a week in most stops.
The Europe section mixes flights with planned overland gaps, shown here as London to Amsterdam and Paris to Madrid. That gives the air ticket room to cover the larger jumps while leaving some surface sectors open between nearby cities. The final European flight sequence then resumes from Barcelona to Milan, Prague, and Frankfurt before the itinerary turns back toward Asia.
At economy pricing from USD 6,863 to USD 8,985, this is a long-duration RTW with 30 total stop points and a strong emphasis on one-week stays, plus a longer 9-night stop in London. A January departure fits a January-to-March starting window, and the overall pace is suited to travelers who want a single ticket framework for an extended, multi-continent trip with both air and overland components.