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Apr 6, 2011 | 5:50 pm

#2686

pandaperth

Join Date: Mar 2008

Location: used to be PER, now it's nowhere/eveywhere

Programs: QFF NB, AA GLD

Posts: 3,684

Suggestion 1:

buy 20k miles (for ~$500), then you'll have enough for 50k miles of travel and can do your whole itinerary and also be able to get back to your starting point
JFK-MAD-JNB-MAD-IST-AMM-DEL-BKK-HKG-PER-MEL-AKL-SCL-EZE-GRU-JFK

Suggestion 2:

buy 50k miles (for ~$1,000), and do your 35k mile trip in business class

ps What have you got against Syndey?