OK have some questions as I am trying to plan an award trip to BOM on OneWorld airlines. Am going to a friend's wedding early next year. Would like to travel in F.

Options seem to be:

1) CX- JFK-HKG-BOM-HKG-JFK. This would be 140k miles using a CX award. Upside: seems to be cheapest award. Downside: no F from HKG-BOM, only J and 24 hour layover on the way home.

2) AA/BA- JFK-LHR-BOM-LHR-JFK. This would be 200k miles using an AA/BA award. Upside: shorter routing. Downside: more miles.

3) OneWorld Award on AA/CX/BA- JFK-HKG-BOM-LHR-JFK (or other direction). This would be 180k miles (I think). Upside: slightly cheaper than option 2. Downside: slightly more expensive than option 1.

Any comments or ideas? Have I missed anything here. Am leaning towards option 1 given what appears to be a mileage "bargain". The only thing that bothers me is that there is no F option from HKG-BOM-HKG. Assume that if I want to fly F JFK-HKG-JFK I will still need to spend the 140k miles despite being in J for part of the trip. Layover doesn't really bother me as I might turn it into two days and visit HKG (which I have never been to).

Am looking for any input or thoughts anyone might have.

Thnx