*A Flyer: Thank you - I'll have to check out some other options, but it looks like UA might be the best (/only) choice for the NA-Asia leg...
tracon: I (mistakenly) thought from reading previous RTW threads and posts - like the one Yukonprince linked to above - that if I had any legs on AC at allI'd be dinged with huge fuel surcharges, so I was trying to avoid even any within NA legs. Now I know the difference though