My wife and I are planning our second trip to SE Asia this spring. We got married in Bali last spring and honeymooned in Thailand.

We don't have a specific location in mind, but narrowed our choices down to Thailand, Bali, Laos and Vietnam.

We would like to buy a ticket that isn't too expensive, but allows us to earn full AA miles.

Last year I found a good fare on AA to Bangkok using AA to NRT and then JAL codeshare to BKK. We bought a cheap ticket from there to Bali.

Cathay doesn't allow mileage earning on it's Asia Pass tickets.

Are there any other similar tickets that allow mileage earning, or does anyone have a suggestions as far as buying tickets within tickets to maximize miles and minimize cost?