Originally Posted by
norse_aztec
The CX seats are not flat but much more comfortable than AA, there's good IFE, HKG has great CX lounges and is easy to transit, and they have great service.
And since we're talking flights over the course of a year, the
new CX J seats ought to be available - flat, 6'6", 23" wide - for at least part of the year.
Originally Posted by
norse_aztec
The RTW option is a very good suggestion and worth considering if you want to make any other stops in Asia, Europe, or even NA.
Agree, except ORD-DEL is classified as transatlantic by the OW boffins, so you can't include Europe in the RTW even though you're paying for it (apparently triggered by "overflying" Europe/Area II - meaning Russia - during the course of flying from Area I to Area III.) This is one of OW's more amazing feats of geographic interpretation.