I've done two of these RTW's with the Oneworld award but in Business Class. I think it is the best long distance award out there. The upcharge to biz class is only 50K from the 140K he paid. I wonder why he didn't move up to biz? My taxes were also around $400 per ticket
And we got 58 of 61 hotel nights free as well. Our miles earning on card churning last year was 1,050,000 for the two of us