Number_6, I echo GibSpmuh's comments on cost & budgeting. I'd love to do the DONE5 and agree it is far better value for money, but I have two tickets to consider (Mrs og won't let me travel alone...) and there just arn't enough hours in a short holiday to pack in as many sectors as you quote. So it's back to the more modest fares and diplomacy of suggesting to the "boss" that we should fly from A to B via half the world in a most contorted line with many stopovers (transits) and club lounge visits. At least it's better than writing these messages or taking a bus.