Originally Posted by
NewbieRunner
I think the OP's plan only makes sense if he/she can buy a cheap ticket to fly to the East Coast of US/Canada in Economy and get a Business award to OZ/NZ from there.
UA does open J seats on SFO/LAX-SYD and LAX-MEL, but it's going to be exceptionally difficult to link one of those to a t-con (6 hours) except in Y.
This plan doesn't make any sense to me at all. From Europe the Asia routing is much better. LH to BKK or SIN, TG or SQ to SYD.