Scheduling a biz trip in early Sept and am trying to avoid the BAA airports if at all possible. My first leg is SFO-GOT and the choices I've found aren't that great, at least those that fit the criteria below. Before I look for a carrier outside of OW for the last leg of this segment, I thought I would ask the experts if you have any other suggestions.

I would like to get AA miles across the Atlantic.
I hope to use free segments in Europe to get to GOT, as I won't be traveling much else inside Europe.
It would be nice to upgrade to 1st with a VIP cert.
AVOID LONDON!

The (somewhat) reasonable options I've found:

AA SFO-JFK, AY JFK-HEL-GOT (Dep 7:45 AM, Ar 6:15 PM, 9 hrs in HEL)

AA SFO-DFW-ZRH, AY ZRH-HEL-GOT (Dep 8:30 AM, Ar 6:15 PM)

AA SFO-DFW-FRA, AY FRA-HEL-GOT (Dep 8:30 AM, Ar 6:15 PM)

Any other suggestions? If not, which of the 3 options are recommended?

Thanks.