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Paper Trail

 

Above is my paper ticket for my 1st round the world (RTW) trip that I took from Oct 2003 - April 2004. I booked the ticket with the OneWorld airline group. It was a frequent flyer redemption for business class. The limitation I recall was 50,000 total flight miles, but unlimited segments! At the time, OneWorld did not have the ability to make the entire trip electronic, so I had to carry around a thick wad of paper tickets.

The time would have been longer, but I flew back for my sister's wedding in May 2004. I had a return ticket to London
and continuing segments throughout Europe for the next several months -- but I was VERY VERY tired, mentally, so I decided
not to go and just forfeit the rest of the RTW ticket. Instead, I started writing a book while my brain rested. Shortly before I returned,
I mentally could not stand to see almost anything new or "too interesting," because literally, I could not "absorb it."

It would have been pointless to continue traveling as I would have just been "walking around brain dead."

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My second RTW trip was in 2010. That one I did by buying one way tickets as I went. A little over 4 months.
Avianca - Spanair - Binter Canarias - Easyjet - Jetairfly - Air Arabia - Iran Air - Qatar Airways - Etihad
Malaysia Airlines - Air Asia - Japan Airlines - Go! Airlines - Alaska Airlines - Continental Airlines - COPA
A mix of low cost and legacy carriers.

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