Well, the US AA RTW desk is excellent. They clearly know the rules back to front (as they should) and booked me into the HNL-NAN-BNE legs without batting an eyelid.

So, my final itinerary looks like:

20/9/08 Zurich-Madrid-London (IB3477, IB3172)
21/9/08 London-Chicago-NYC (BA297, AA350)
26/9/08 NYC-Chicago-Dallas-Honolulu (AA303, AA2313, AA5)
6/10/08 Honolulu-Fiji (QF(FJ) 3840)
10/10/08 Fiji-Brisbane (QF(FJ) 398)
19/10/08 Brisbane-Darwin-Perth (QF824, QF793)
21/10/08 Perth-Sydney (QF568)
22/10/08 Sydney-Tokyo (QF21)
26/10/08 Tokyo-London-Zurich (BA6, BA720)


33526 miles, 1360 QFF SCs (considered BAEC, but don't like the way it resets after Silver)
CHF9000 per person.


My only remaining concern is the short time between the LGA-ORD-DFW-HNL flights. Depending on how courageous I'm feeling, I might take the LGA-ORD or LGA-ORD-DFW leg on the evening of the 25th instead.

Thanks for the help, everyone. ^