Thank you both for your thoughts. It seems like a wide body would be the way to go. I never thought of flying through HNL, that seems like a possible option as well. I've crossed off PHX.
Yeah I do have the Aviator credit card through Barclays and in the end, it came down to whether or not I wanted to get another 3000 EQD by spending more money on the Aviator vs spend it on other cards that had better return. I chose the latter since I figured I'm qualifying for EXP anyway. I may regret that decision later though.