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The only issue is that the itinerary includes segments on Lufthansa, Qantas, Air New Zealand, and Swiss
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September 21st, 2023
Los Angeles (LAX) to Noumea (NOU) 9:20PM to 3:05PM+2 (stop in BNE)
Qantas is not a Star Alliance airline. Is a member of the Oneworld alliance. (AA, BA, JL, CX, QR etc)
LH does have RTW type fare
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Ton...tional_Airport
Options to/from NOU are very limited. Another option is a *separate* ticket from NZ/AU/Japan to-from NOU.
Be very aware of all the visa/ETA's needed for each county, including any air side transits. . USA does not have the concept of transit. NZ, for many passports, requires a ETA and $$ even for air side transit. Check carefully.
A map from the Great Circle Mapper - Great Circle Mapper
Air NZ (Star) LAX-AKL-NOU-AKL-LAX would be simplier.
Edit
OP's other thread on this trip. But with Air NZ instead of the 2 QF flights
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