QF J RTW award 280k suggestions

[zainman]

Hello

I am looking to do a RTW trip this december/january with my partner and wanted some suggestions on possible routes to maximise the 5 stops and 35,000 mile limit but also try and squeeze in the best of the oneworld alliance flights...

Ideally I would like to fly the newest aircraft possible, so eg:

QR 787
BA A380
AA 777
QF A380

any other ones that may fit into the route..

I would like to depart from KHI (which means I will have to call QF to make the booking as KHI isn't available online). I am relying on QR to join oneworld by 1st October as they will be the second OW airline to depart out of KHI. (currently only CX does this and srilankan still hasn't joined OW).

I am based in MEL but I already had a ticket to KHI that I need to use before February. Also I thought the taxes may be lower when departing out of KHI.

I would like to have the last stop for this ticket as MEL and then the final leg MEL-KHI..

This is what it looks like in my head so far:

KHI-LHR (via DOHA on QR 787)
LHR-JFK (BA A380)
LAX/JFK - HKG (CX 777?)
LAX-MEL (QF A380) (availability on this one is impossible I know)
MEL-KHI (QR 777 via DOHA)

I believe I can have another stop also as the above itinerary only has 4..?

I am not totally on top of the routes the new aircraft such as BA A380 or QR 787 fly but quickly searching the forums does reveal that by december the aircraft will be deployed on those routes...

I have the 560K points required for two of these RTW J awards... I am WP with QF (if that can help release seats etc?)

Please contribute what you can. I am looking forward to your comments/suggestions...

 

[JohnK]

I believe I can have another stop also as the above itinerary only has 4..?

Add another stop somewhere in Europe from LHR and then on the back back LHR-JFK use LHR as a transit point only saving the airport deaprture duty.

 

[zainman]

Add another stop somewhere in Europe from LHR and then on the back back LHR-JFK use LHR as a transit point only saving the airport deaprture duty.

Yes I thought about doing it like this also:

KHI-LHR
LHR-FRA using train
FRA-JFK (via LHR, so only a transit at LHR)

is this what you mean?

 

[JohnK]

is this what you mean?

Exactly.

It should save you a fair amount in airport departure duty as you are not departing LHR but transitting.