Greetings friends,

It's time once again to refresh the QF status credit balance. I have to travel to LAS in March, and SAT (near DFW) in April. Now what I also want to do is have a holiday with my family in the UK in April, then fly home to BNE with my family in late April. Finally want to do some appointments in the middle!

These are the places I'm looking to go to:

BNE-AKL (stopover)-LAS (stopover)-SEA (stopover)-New York (can be <24 hours if needed)-LHR or MAN or BHX (stop for 3 weeks). Then LHR or MAN or BHX-SAT (stopover)-LHR (stopover). then must be direct LHR to BNE with only 1 stop on QF, due to having Mrs willyroo + 2 junioroos in tow.

The main issue here is the cheapest way to get myself between USA and UK in J without nesting another RTW ticket in there.

Any suggestions warmly appreciated, including convoluted Status Credit friendly (ie +1,000 and +2,700 mile) routings...