After reading many of the insipiring posts about how to achieve EXP status the quickest, I thought I should take the jump and start traveling on xONExs. So far all of my traveling has been (I feel ashamed to admit), point to point or round-trip and therefore not mileage maximizing or CPM minimizing.

So, I am seeking to requalify for EXP early next year and would like to try to do it on an AONE4. I have seen plenty of posts about how this is easy to do on an xONE4, but I am having a heck of a time figuring out what itinerary works. I had first thought about the following:

MIA-DFW-ANC-DFW-SEA-DFW-LAX-LHR-DXB-LHR-MEL-CNS-PER-ADL-AKL-HKG-DPS-NRT-DEL-ORD

However, I realized two errors in my logic: 1) I cannot have more than two stopovers in my country of origin and I also cannot have more than two stopovers at the end either, and 2) I cannot fly on AS for the ANC portion on a xONEx.

So, I have revised the itinerary above slightly, but still cannot find a way to make it work so that I get 66667 points or more. I can address the first problem by starting in LHR rather than in NA, although cost-wise I would ticket it in the US. I know that there are savings to be had ex-NRT or ex-somewhere else (any other suggestions), but think that the positioning costs might be high.

Another issue I have is that the OW itinerary tool says you can only have one flight to PER; how is that possible, since you can't go anywhere else from PER. I have seen conflicting information on this, as I have also read on the Mileage Monkey tool that you are limited to one PER-MEL/BNE/CNS/SYD, which could be doable.

The best I can come up with (and they are both a little short) are:

MAD-IST-LHR-DXB-LHR-MEL-CNS-PER-ADL-AKL-HKG-NRT-DPS-NRT-HKG-JFK-LAX-ORD-LAX-ORD-MAD

or

MIA-ORD-LAX-LHR-DXB-LHR-IST-LHR-MEL-CNS-PER-ADL-AKL-HKG-NRT-DPS-NRT-HKG-JFK-LAX-ORD

As I said, both are a little short. This isn't a problem, as other travel will allow me to qualify anyway, but it bothers me that I can't piece this itinerary together when I have read in so many posts that getting more than 66667 points on an DONE4 or AONE4 is "easy".

Any suggestions?

Thanks.