Originally Posted by martin33

If you can get a one-way going or coming, then you could do the other way via a well-connected airport like SIN or HKG, in Asia2 zone. Asia2-SPacific is 25/35/45, and USA-Asia 2 is 35/55/67.5K one-way. add those to the direct US-SPacific legs and the total cost is 97.5/152.5/185K. It's a lot more hours, but you could stop between awards in Asia2.