I'm due to head to Melbourne in [probably] October. Considering the weirdness of the fares I'll probably do a RTW in First for about the same fare as biz class LAX/MEL/LAX. Been looking at doing a oneworld RTW only because of the 100k bonus. (Thanks MGM for the spreadsheet and comments -- much appreciate your kind assistance!)

If you can plan this event for sometime in the 2nd or 3rd week of October, I'd love to meet all of our far flung (to me!) FT "relatives".

Of course, I'm cheating. Pretty easy to get the 100k bonus on a RTW... Can I still come?