Originally Posted by vishalgupta22

OP: You can also consider doing JFK-AUH in J & doing AUH SYD in F.

EY never opens more than 2 F seats, though they tend to open some seats 2-5 days before the flight.

You can book 2 F and 1 J seat on AUH-SYD and hope for availability to open up later.

Upgrades don't attract any charges (except extra miles).

If something opens up, you can also do AUH-MEL-SYD
JFK-LHR-AuH or anywhere is EU will be very difficult. Finding 3 F awards on AA is virtually impossible. BA yes but they have 500$erson YQ