Aack! That headache is coming back! ;-) Good advice on both counts. Not sure about maximizing the miles, though. It seems like a lot of time & effort for the extra 40K miles. Actually, going through YYZ wouldn't be difficult, but I doubt I'll make the effort for the other 20K with the 6 CX segments.

That's good advice, too, Gaza - I'll take a look at that.

I had another thought, too. Though it's not exactly direct, what about LGA-ORD / ORD-NRT / NRT-SIN? AA.com says I can upgrade for only 15K miles on ORD-NRT, which sounds like a great deal. Then I can upgrade for 10K miles LHR-JFK. It would be nice to be in F for those legs rather than J. Anyone know when the new F suite will be on the 777s to NRT and from LHR?

Thanks again for the help!