Originally Posted by DownUnderFlyer

Good luck with your Lifetime Gold. We all hope that it will still be there in a few months time.

Just a thought (and since I am at work I can't spend much time on it.): Maybe don't do a DONEx at all.
How about doing the first bits on points (or on a Circle Asia and SWP but this goes over budget).
Then North and South America through a Circle Pacific Fare.
And then Europe through a Finnair RTW special with some BA business specials attached in Europe.

Might not work at all but might be worth investigating.