I've looked at some of the other options but I plan on using the pass for an extended vacation of around 3 months or so. Ideally I was planning on flying a routing of YWG-YYC-LAX-NAN-AKL-SYD-SIN-BKK-VTE-BKK-PEK-NRT-YVR-YWG so I really wanted the south pacific option. I have quite a number of *A silver and I was planning on accruing some more on this itinerary. I'd prefer not to use Oneworld since at the moment I don't have any points or status. Any more advice would be welcomed.