Originally Posted by
jhyler
... The more information: my wife and I are on a cruise out of BNE on October 5, 2019 (returning November 3, but I'll deal with that separately - and hopefully, what I learn in booking the outbound will help). Given jet lag and allowing for a little paranoia, we want to be in BNE no later than October 4. Earlier, say up to a week, is doable.
OK. So you have a lot of time & flexibility.
And remember the date line difference. Leave USA on a Monday evening and you arrive in Oz Wednesday morning.
AA flys LAX-SYD & LAX-AKL
QF flys SFO LAX DFW JFK HNL to BNE SYD MEL (not all airports to all airports)
TN & FJ are options
UA DL & VA also fly USA to Australia. And UA LAX AKL
Connecting to BNE in AKL vs SYD is not a big difference overall when considering the trans Pacific flights