Originally Posted by
austin_res
AUS-LHR-VCE in economy
AUS-SFO, then SFO-LHR-FCE in First.
Thanks everyone for the feedback. The award routing just opened which I booked:
AUS-DFW-PHL (AA first)
PHL-VCE (US envoy)
The nice thing is avoiding the extra charges and taxes. Although I miss out on the BA lounges. My return is NAP-DUS-LHR-AUS, with the LHR-AUS part in Club World.