My routing is even more tortuous than tegwj's:

TUL-DFW-HNL AA
HNL-SYD-AKL-SYD-HKG QF
HKG-LAX CX
LAX-ORD-TUL AA

Too bad I didn't get any more CX legs!

I called two nights in a row at 11 CST, hoping that the appropriate days would open up for a 04-05Jan return. All of the agents I talked to, which were numerous, said that the last days posted were 30Dec. They had Air Pacific and Air Tahiti Nui available in Y, but we wanted J. My wife got concerned that we wouldn't be able to get back before the kid's school started, so I asked for a OW routing. I was QUITE surprised that it was only 130k miles, so the 5k extra for the peace-of-mind of getting back when we wanted was worth it.

Swimmin' M