Hi all. Newbie looking for some advice.

I'm an American Airlines flier and will probably be going from the San Francisco area to India in November. From reading some other threads I get the sense that it might make sense to fly Cathay and stop over somewhere in Asia.

Thoughts, advice, suggestions? Package tours? Reasonable fares?

ps. Please feel free to private mail me, since I'm not sure I've set up my "new posting notification" properly.

pps. What is the Cathay Cybertraveler all about? I'm happy to sign up but would like to know if there's a "right" way (ie. bonus miles) to do so...

Thank you!