Without Africa, I'm down to 22 segments: mel-per-drw-syd-akl-hkg-bom-hkg-bom-hkg-lhr-tlv-lhr-lpa-lhr-lax-sju-dfw-anc-dfw-sjo-jfk-syd.
I'll see what happens with this new rules as the info comes to hand. There's no way I cabn ticket it towards the end of the year. I may have to add stops, make changes, change routing etc.
Then again, I may choose to do a Star RTW instead and take advantage of my Star Gold status. Anything is possible.
goodo