Wow..you guys all know ur stuff...this is great advice.

I'd love to fly more on QR, but most likely on the return portion. You are correct, this is a short round the world trip. I'm self-employed & can only really take about three and a half weeks off. Getting to Honolulu via Dallas on the 787 is probably going to be my preferred route. I'd then like to try JAL down to Japan. We plan to do a little touring around hokkaido and then possibly a little touring around the south of the mainland before returning back to EU. Your idea of flying Qatar from Japan to Edinburgh via Hel is a great idea. After that (If I've paid attention) is a trip from Edi to Doh then back to Osl. We'll use Avios to get back to Edi. I'm also trying to collect Avios and Tps, and I know if I change my routing I could maximize these but by doing that I add a lot of time and flying to this trip which I possibly don't have time for so I need to find a balance. To be fair if I could hit silver (OW Sapphire) easily enough which I should be able to, that would be enough. Thoughts?

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