Originally Posted by
tng11
SQ actually has decent availability AKL-SIN.
NZ also has good availability AKL-NRT and AKL-PVG. Forget about availability to North America.
AKL seems to be a whole different game than SYD. For instance, I've punched YYZ-DME-SYD on the online engine and it gives me a valid result, but if I try routing to AKL via Europe, I'm told it can't be booked on one reward.
Not sure about via BKK, via Europe/SIN to AKL is a no go. In that case the point of turnaround, used for MPM calculations is SIN, not AKL, and there are no routing rules getting you from SIN back to North American via AKL. You need a stop in Australia to make it work.