Originally Posted by ajacpril
I have once held (not ticketed due to a change of plans) a LAX-HKG-BKK-BOMx-DXB-HEL-JFK-SAN-ORD-LHR-NBOx-DAR-LHR-LAX-BOS-BGR for just under 35k travelled miles. This would have been the best use of miles for me with almost 44k miles covered and four continents visited.
Where would you actually stopover on this ticket to get it under 35K miles by the rules? Even LAX-BKK-SAN-DAR-LAX-BGR, if those were the stopovers, is way over (39K+).