Radi/Joe, thanks for your replies.
I am fairly happy with the price quote for my return AUS-US flights, (would prefer QF oneway and VA the other, but don't want to spend more then $2,000 on those flights).
From the US, I will be heading over to the UK for a few days before returning back to America and then onto Australia.
The RTW option isn't appealing this time around.
I just can't get over the cost of the flights between the US and UK.
Its not a direct return ticket, as I am flying out of a different US port as to where I will be returning, however the 1-way ticket will cost just as much as my entire AUS-US flights will (which are twice as long!).
At this stage I am looking at paying $1400 to the UK and $1300 back.
I was considering making the $1300 flight a return ticket and halving the price, although my concern after arriving back in the US and cancelling the 'return' portion of that ticket may make me look like a 'security risk' and cause concerns in the highly strict US.
I will still be in posession of my return ticket to Australia, so I will always have an exit ticket out of the US which should satisfy them, although I may need to explain myself for cancelling the UK-US return ticket.
....if that makes sense.
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