I understand the Circle Pacific fare (in D) is available as a 22000 miles routing. I am trying to determine the most advantageous routing based on the fllowing constraints:

• Commence in Brisbane
• Fits under 22,000 miles to meet the fare rules
• Must have stopever in ORD
• Would like to stopover in DFW is possible
• Best services available
• Maximise QF status credits as much as possible

The best I can come up with is this routing:
BNE-LAX-SAN-LAX-DFW-ORD-YVR-HKG-BNE
By my numbers this is 21,885 miles.

I calculate this will earn 610 QF SC's (better than half way to WP requalification), noting that LAX-SAN-LAX will be in Y and hence only 20 SC's each way. SAN is really only there to get even closer to the 22K mile limit and score some extra SC's along the way.

This allows me to use CX for the northern Pacific crossing rather than AA via NRT.

Any better suggestions from experienced CirclePacific fare tweakers would be appreciated.

(edited to fix my silly SC calc error)

[This message has been edited by NM (edited Mar 25, 2004).]