Originally Posted by bzbdewd

BZBDAVID and I were talking about taking a MR early in 08, for a couple of reasons: 1. to get some extra miles banked towards EXP for next year and 2. (most importantly) to correct for his company's rather odd policy of having a meeting in Pais in January and not allowing any vacation in conjunction with it.

So, we were thinking about hitting the road and going around the world in a week or so (so much for 80 days, we don't have that kind of vacation time!).

I know that great circle routes mean that it might actually be difficult to go literally around the world, but we would like to see how much we could do anyway. (Example: EWR to HKG on Cathay Pacific goes almost literally over the north pole, so is that really going around the world?) Additionally, since we are doing this for the miles, we would like to stay within the AA family of codeshares (so BA across the pond is out).

So, the question is, what are your suggestions? The more continents, the better. Cost is a factor, but not a huge one - and this is more about the feasibility of the challenge, not the reality of the costs.