One AONE4 Purchased ex ICN was around $7100 during The 10th Anniversary Sale. The mileage accrued on that booking plus a couple of Long Weekend flights from East Coast USA via DFW to HNL [With E-VIP or 100 hrs Upgrade to First] and a further 40K Plus 12K Bonus Purchase, together with my regular 30K a Year CitiBank spend, gives me around 330,000 AAdvantage Points Per annum for approx $9000 Cash outlay. Much depends on the Florida-HNL fare when Purchased but I have obtained them for around $450 Including taxes..I Just wait for a sale.

That gives me enough for a OW330F which permits you 50,000 miles of First Class Travel i.e. another 2 times Around the World Flights up to 16 Sectors.

Sorry I miscalculated the stopovers since the recent changes..now its only 30 Maximum but I must admit difficult to undertake that number of stopovers of more than 24 Hours.

Trust me : I have Done This every year for the past 4 years.

PS Also I missed the $355 on the OW330F AAward ticket..By avoiding UK stops helps, you can save a substantial Taxes on the Journeys.

Next Paid Ticket : SEL-HKGx-DPS-HKGx-JFKx-GIG-SCLx-BOG-SCL-GRU-JFK-YVR-LHRx-DXB-LHRx-HKG-SEL..AONE4 : Only The JFK-Brazil Sectors on AA. The Internal South America Sectors are on LA 767 Business Class which I can endure Also some of the Internal Asia Sectors are only Business on CX , still better IMHO that AA Domestic First Class.

Next AAward OW330F Ticket TPA-JFKx-LHRx-CDG-LHRx-BKK-HKGx-JFKx-MCO-JFK-HKG-FRA-LHR-PEK-NRTx-ORDx-TPA ie. Twice Around the World >>> Almost Free in First Class on ALL Intercon Flights -Could not avoid One UK Tax this time.

This is what makes AAdavantage a Great Program for me.