Thank you to all for your advice on routing. After taking everyone's advice into account, I have come up with this routing. I am going to do it in business class and I am aiming to keep it under 25,000 total miles. Now, according to Oneworld the mileage is determined point to point, not including connections. I used the milemarker feature of webflyer to map out the itinerary below. I am coming up with 24751 miles. Two questions: 1) I want to maximize the places I see. Are there any interesting stops I can include that won't push me over 25,000 miles? 2) What service does American/Oneworld use to calculate the mileage between two cities? Is milemarker the appropriate tool to use?
Here is the current Itinerary without connections. Any suggestions on carriers to use for segments (although most are dictated by route) please feel free to chime in. I am planning to do this intinerary over about three months and I will be leaving SJC on March 24th of this year. To keep the miles down I am going to take a cheap JetBlue flight to Oakland a few days before departure to keep miles down.
SJC-HNL-AKL-WLG-CHC-ZQN-HBA-MEL-CBR-SYD-BNE-CNS-AYQ-PER-DPS-SIN-BKK-ATH (Open Jaw) LHR-JFK
Thanks!