I've accepted that RAR is not going to become available for me. :-(

Therefore, combing other valid itineraries from the last few months posted on here, I've thought of the following:

YOW - EWR UA
EWR - BRU UA (STOP)
BRU - IST TK
IST - BKK TK (STOP)
BKK - SIN SQ
SIN-SYD SQ (TURN)
SYD-AKL NZ
AKL-YVR NZ
YVR-ORD UA
ORD-YOW UA

Is this valid? It is the front end to SYD from one person, the back end from another...

(I hope so, I hope so, I hope so...)

Hate to lose the Pacific, but Europe for a couple of weeks is pretty pleasant.
If this is valid, I may book it tonight (or tomorrow)!