First Congrats!
Looking at your trip, not sure why CPH is the cheapest, maybe because your last segment on TG is an old 2 classs 747. But then again departure tax in Germany is getting out of hand too.
Here is my suggestion, on your outbound to US, can you get from CPH to FRA/MUC/ZRH on LH/LX or even IST on TK and fly direct to LAX? Transiting from international to Domestic in ORD is pain in general. And less UACO domestic the better.
NZ on certain days do fly LAX-PPT direct (ex, Sunday), this will save you some 5000+ miles and segments on back track from AKL. I think that will drop you a price category(<29,000 miles) and give you plenty of room to add another stop if you want. (Ex. HKG)
Nevermind, forgot NZ no longer fly that route, only codeshare now.
On your last leg, if you can get TG BKK-FRA/CDG on 773, it will have nicer seat than the BKK-CPH direct.
Last edited by mobilebucky; Feb 12, 2012 at 1:28 pm