Thanks DUF.

1. I do want to optimise for QFF Status purposes.

2. About the only place I need/have to go is BOM. My next trip to BOM will more than likely include a trip to London (just easier to continue on than to come back to Sydney and fly all the way to London!) and I do have plans to visit friends in N. America sometime in the next 18 months, hence toying with the idea of doing a RTW.

3. Starting the RTW in ICN because I understand it is considerably cheaper to start one there than in Sydney.

4. Want to include SYD in the RTW so I can use the last segment to ICN to reposition myself for the next RTW.

5. If I pick up the RTW in Colombo or Lahore (two other considerably cheap starting points for DONE4), I'll use a one way ticket to get to Bombay the first time around, use a part of the RTW to get back to SYD and the remainder to get to BOM and reposition for the next RTW.

With these in mind, if you could suggest an alternative itin. that'd be great!