Hi All,

I figured I would do one monster MR for a week as I am based in Berlin and need to stop through Los Angeles for 4-5 days in August, and would like to knock off 30-40K miles on a trip as I don't have the ability to travel much in the Fall as I am locked into a job for several months and want to keep EP status.

So...I've never done a MR run before using RTW. I thought I would use OW Explorer since I could plan it online, but would love to hear if people think Gobal Explorer is better.

I was tentatively thinking....

TXL-LHR-AUH-NRT-HKG-SYD (or MEL) LAX-NYC-TXL

I was going to see if I could afford business since I am aware the coach fare class on some of these segments would be less than 1:1 EQM.

Am I thinking about this right or should I be using much less traditional routing in lesser known hubs for better pricing.