Hi everyone,

I'm traveling between MEL and ICN then on to SFO this December and I've booked myself on KE's SYD-ICN, BNE-ICN and NAN-ICN flights as options (I haven't paid for them yet - I have two weeks I think to make up my mind). Since KE won't let me book a multi-city for a Skyteam ticket, I'm stuck with transiting one of those cities (SYD/BNE/NAN) - I checked AKL-ICN as well but couldn't find any Skypass tickets.

My question is, since they're all morning departures, my options are flying out of MEL on a red-eye or getting to those cities the night before and overnighting there. What are the best options? Thanks in advance.

1) SYD/BNE - flight is about $100 on Virgin/$140 on Qantas + $100+ hotel stay. I've got luggage so Jetstar or Tiger aren't really an option.
2) NAN - flight is about $300 but it's a redeye so no overnighting required. I can transit Fiji visa-free.