I'd like to jump on this bandwagon - I'm planning my first RTW trip on Star Alliance - 29K option, economy. I was wondering what the best program in the alliance to join would be. Travelling from Perth, my routing is as follows:
PER-SIN-NRT (SQ)
HND-ITM (NH)
KIX-YVR (AC)
YVR-SEA (AC)...