Originally Posted by
jmp80
I am a UK citizen based in New York and recently left my job so have lots of time on my hands (for the next couple of months). I would very much like to visit Bali, Hong Kong, and Auckland (it that order) to see friends and family... Pricing as a multi-city on OW airlines is showing $17k, pricing a DONE4 is showing about $11k.
A DONE4 out of Canada has a base price of US$8151; a 26K mile Circle Pacific ex-Canada is around $7300; however YYZ-xHKG-DPS-HKG-AKL-LAX-YYZ is more than 26K miles, so you'd have to shorten it somehow, e.g. starting or ending in Vancouver.
A DONE4 would convey the benefit of lasting well beyond the two months of the Asia/NZ period. You'd have several segments, and two stopovers, available back in North America before the clock expires in 12 months. That additional travel might be useful over ten months.
Here's a sample route, includes a 24h stopover in Europe en route back to North America, then a trip to the west coast and a second trip to the Caribbean (just imaginary) in the itinerary. The "backtracking" via Asia after NZ is allowed provided you don't stop over en route to Europe.