Originally Posted by kevincure

I imagine this question has been asked before, but I was unable to find it in my quick scan of the archives.

I'm taking an RTW in ten or so months, and will have a decent chunk of American miles by then. Given the open-jaw rules, the itinerary I do on OW will be <35k, and I should be able to afford either the 190k business or the 140k economy. Originally, I was planning to either buy one-ways (on no particular alliance) as I went or to one-way to Australia and buy a oneworld or Star RTW there.

Certainly, it would be optimal just to use a oneworld award, but is there any hope of actually being able to book one? The flights would all need to be within a week or so of my projected date, and there are over a dozen (spread out over 9 months). If it is bookable, when would be the latest one would want to book one? The flights would be along the lines of (somewhere in USA)-SYD-AYQ-BNE-NRT-PEK-HKG-JNB-Europe-CCS-USA, beginning Aug 08.

Worth saving up those miles, or should I just plan on buying the flights?