It's legal as far as I can see with the caveat that the SYD-HKG-LHR must be a transit in HKG, as must all but two of the stops in N America. Flying JFK to HKG (CX) would get you more miles for the transpacific leg, and LHR to LAX similarly on the way back if you can rearrange your N America segments to fit that.

You can also get more miles by:

- flying HKG-AKL something like this for max miles in Aus: HKG-AKL-MEL-PER-DRW-SYD-LHR

- in Asia there are a number of longer runs than KIX and DPS: consider KHI, CMB, BOM or CTS though KHI & BOM may require visas.

[This message has been edited by christep (edited 01-23-2003).]