Originally Posted by
steventravel
What is the Best credit card to get and miles to redeem for a trip from Phoenix to Australia?
Read the answer I just posted above to the OP (who I didn't realize had asked quite a while ago).
Much of it still may aplpy to you, but I can't tell, because you didn't specify for how many people.
It's the US-Australia that's tough, not the within-US to connect to the Australia flight. So the answer is fairly similar no matter where in the US you're starting from.
If only one airline flies its own metal to Australia from the US (as I said, I'm not sure if Delta or US does, I know UA does and AA doesn't), then that narrows your choices quite a bit (if you're starting from zero).