Originally Posted by
gametitans
4: ORD-EWR: 1st of 6 (North America)
5: EWR-LAX: 1st of 1 (North America Transcon)
*5: EWR-LAX: 2nd of 6 (North America)
6: LAX-LAS: 3rd of 6 (North America)
7: LAS-DFW: 4th of 6 (North America)
8: DFW-YYZ: 5th of 6 (North America)
9: YYZ-JFK: 6th of 6 (North America)
This is what I would do within North America to maximize Tier points. This assumes you are flying to ORD, which you may or may not want.
4. ORD-EWR 60TP
5. EAR-LAX 180TP (beware of JFK-LAX flights as they offer Business Class)
6. LAX-DFW 60TP
7. DFW-ANC 180TP
8. ANC-DFW 180TP
9. DFW-HNL 180TP
This will give you a total of 840TP within North America alone. Maybe this can still be improved by having some obscure transcon flights which are not on the transcon list.
From HNL you continue onward to NRT where you do your CGK and HKG trips.