was going thru the forum and quite informative...booking my first oneworld around the world ticket.

I am AA EXP and have an around the world ticket on hold...couple questions as this is my first time doing so and seeking guidance.

Itinerary is Toronto - JFK - Milan - Barcelona - London - Tokyo - HKG - Shanghai - Nanjing and home to Toronto.

booking through one world and fare is business class.

do all miles go back into my AA EXP account??
can i upgrade with eVIP to First on any of the legs?
what is best airline for NRT - HKG...is it CX? or??
I have JL for LHR to NRT...is that best option?

...my first around the world ticket but plan to do them 2 - 4 times a year...seems a good deal pending a couple of the answers...cheers, BB

Mods: double posted.

Actually, it's been triple posted.

Provided you have entered your AAdvantage number when you booked; if not, do it now, and make sure that it appears on every boarding pass.

Only on AA metal flown by 777 and it doesn't look as though you have any such flights on your itinerary.

Both are good, though most people would give preference to CX especially if you get an aircraft with long-haul business class, as opposed to regional business class.

Should be fine. The only other option would be BA which is also good

You obviously have not posted your entire itinerary, so I wonder if you have used all 16 allowed segments? If not, you should add on a few in order to maximise your mileage accummulation.

Happy Travels.

Yes, all the miles go into your AA account provided you enter your AA number in the booking.

You can only use eVIPs on 3-class AA metal flights, and only if AA issues the ticket (which looks to be the case if AA is your first carrier, YYZ-JFK.) You can't use eVIPs to upgrade on other carriers.

How are you getting between Shanghai and Nanking? You could do it by going PVG-HKG-NKG (Dragonair) but that would cause you to have five segments in Asia (NRT-HKG-PVG-HKG-NKG-HKG...) which one too many.

Personally I'd choose CX between HKG and NRT and JL between LHR and NRT (mainly to avoid BA fuel surcharges.) BA's seats are parallel to the floor; JL's are slightly tilted. If that matters (doesn't to me) then BA.

Assuming you're returning HKG-YYZ? If that's the case, then you won't have an opportunity to use an eVIP as JFK-MXP is in two-class equipment. You could go JFK-xLHR-MXP using AA to LHR on a 777, in which case you could use the eVIP on that segment, again, only if you bought the ticket through AA.

EDITED TO ADD: Please refrain from asking the same question on multiple boards; it's against FT T&Cs.

The miles will go into the account you select, so that could be your AA account or another oneworld airline.

The rules used to specifically say you could upgrade individual AA sectors. Now the rules say:
Despite this most reports seem to indicate that you can still use evip's to upgrade on AA operated flights.

CX still offers F at least 1 flight a day on HND-HKG. This is the flight I would use. Edited to add: since you are doing a DONE this doesn't matter

LHR-NRT JL or BA. You could also route through HKG on CX if you wanted. You have a number of segments still available although depending upon your route you will hit your four max in Asia as noted by gardyloo.

thanks for the input everyone and I will adjust my sked and flights accordingly.

And, apologies on posting this more than once --- and will not happen again.