Round the World trips - what's the deal?

A few posts here have mentioned RTW trips... so... what's that all about then????

[Decker]

Hovering your mouse over the underlined RTW is your friend McCoy [:)]

Originally posted by Decker
Hovering your mouse over the underlined RTW is your friend McCoy [:)]

Yes, I know the defintion.. [:p]

I was looking for a two line summary of why they're good, and what they offer for a given price.

[Decker]

They're VERY cheap for what you get. Fly around the World in Business from place to place staying for self determined amounts of time at each place for generally < £4K as long as you obey the fare rules... what's not to like? [;)]

[Scrooge]

Fly around the world for $3727 in J on VS/TG if you leave out of a US city [y]

SOmeone please correct me but in the depths of my brain I heard that VS are getting out of the Great Escapade scheme- is this correct?

[mcmbenjamin]

Is the Four Corners deal still around or new?

Singapore Airlines, Lufthansa, Air New Zealand, Virgin Atlantic. Similar to Great Escapade, but with better coverage in Europe/Africa and worse coverage in South-East Asia.

[HighFlyer]

Originally posted by mcmbenjamin
Is the Four Corners deal still around or new?

Ooh, not heard of that one before, and liking the LH element. Wonder if they do a nice F option including the FRA First terminal [:?]

Thanks,
Sarah