I was at a Flight Centre “do” in Melbourne this morning and asked the Finnair round world deal mentioned on this site.
The apparently competent rep there ( as explained on this blog) said I’d have to travel melb-Syd-Bankokk and then onto Helsinki and Europe and home via the USA.
I mentioned that I read, that to get round the 27 september flight start rule, it would be enough to fly a domestic Australian segment pre that date as part of the rtw ticket and then fly Sydney to Bankokk and Helsinki in November.
He insisted that the first flight needed to be outside of Australia and must be taken before 27 september.
Has he got it wrong or have the rules be tightened?