after so many minimal mileage OWE in business trips, finally i have time to do one enjoyable OWE trip.
i plan to do a AOWE5 ex=JNB

so far i had not been to africa or S.A., so i want to spend some time there. so the goals are to max mile and also enjoy the trip, plus those criteria we have discussed in all these threads in this forum. (quality is as important as mileage, both in plane cabin and city). please comment on the cities as well, i plan to spend about 2 days in each 'worthwhile city'

here is my itin, i would appreciate your valuable comments.

here is my first draft (i will update this itin as i receive comments)

version 1.0
1. JNB-LHR-DXB(o)-LHR-HEL-LHR-HKG(o)
2. HKG-NRT-HKG(o)
3. HKG-DPS-HKG(o)
4. HKG-JFK-LAX(o)
5. LAX-DFW-SJU-DFW-LAX
6. LAX-SCL-IPC(o)-SCL-Quito(o)-SCL-LAX-LHR-xxx(cpt or mauritius or ??)
7. xxx-LHR-JNB

commentss:
1. Helsinki seems to be the best mileage run allowed after DXB, my alternative is LHR-DXB-Riyadh-DXB-LHR (more enjoyable as it is on CX), i am open to any suggestions. the other options ARN, Barcelona and BUD
2. for intra-asia flights. these r sidetrips as i am now based in HKG. NRT becasue of the real F seats, and i am not that keen to go to India(visa), Pakistan(war)
6. i am thinking about Quito because of Galapagos, again, welcome any suggestion for the 2nd SA destination
7. i am not sure about africa rules, please tell me if it will work, what are the routes available in Africa for ex-JNB fare?

thanks

[This message has been edited by pegasus8228 (edited 12-09-2001).]

revised after darren's suggestion dec/10:
JNB-VFA-jnb-HKG-NRT-HKG-BOM-HKG-jfk-LAX-SXM-jfk-mia-dfw-LAX-scl-IPC-scl-UIO-scl-lax-lhr-DXB-lhr-ARN-lhr-CPT-JNB
about 75k base miles, (only CAPITAL letters are stopover, lower cases r transit/less than 24 hours)

in NA, i actually like to take the JFK-YVR in CX, instead of lax-sxm for the transcont. teh alternative is: jfk-LAX-dfw-YVR-jfk-dfw-lax, too bad there is no direct flight YVR-LAX
in europe, MCT is the longest run other than middle east, i beleive. but i might just go to ARN due to visa problem

[This message has been edited by pegasus8228 (edited 12-09-2001).]

JNB-cpt-lhr-dxb-lhr-HEL-lhr-LAX-SXM-jfk-YVR-dfw-LAX-dfw-scl-UIO-scl-IPC-scl-jfk-HKG-NRT-HKG-CTS-HKG-jnb-VFA-JNB

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[This message has been edited by pegasus8228 (edited 12-15-2001).]