<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">you might consider a owe bus fare of $6200. to get the status. syd - bos is pretty close to half way [well, almost]</font>
Along the lines of that idea, there's a 25k AA award for a CX N. America - Pacific r/t upgrade from Y, Y2 or YX2 fare (award 25B). Y fares on CX are not cheap however.