Looking for USA/Oceania advice; I looked in the Oceania forum but didn't see a lot of these types of posts there. I found some posts in the Information Desk general forum like this one, http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/infor...-planning.html, but I thought I'd ask first.

I did see the previous post on sites to maximize point value / find the least expensive awards, and I'm also researching those sites.

Thanks!