My girlfriend has me contemplating the truly aweful economy RTW. Usin an escapade ticket the proposed route is LHR-HKG-SIN-MEL-AKL-RAR-PPT-LAX-LHR with a feww side trips along the way. With Virgin and SQ i can pretty much guarentee exit rows as I have gold and PPS respectivley, but with NZ i have zip. I am a tall bugger, those of you unfortunate enough to meet me can testify to that - short of a noe in PNR that airport control are unlikely to read any suggestions ?