I know I might be nuts but this what I decided and booked. LGA-ORD-HKG-BKK CX J (hoping F opens) BKK-USM-BKK (local carrier) BKK-NRT (looking for TG F need help) NRT-LAX SQ R LAX-JFK (hoping for AA 321 F/J). I want to thank my fellow DDF family for your TRs which have been the primary source of motivation for this especially the Master of this thread and many others Mr. and Mrs. AJK.
Not the best choice of thread (probably should be
here), but anyway
This is your trip (potentially):
--After all the back and forth with MLE, you're doing an itin that's 21,000 mi? more than 3,000 miles longer than MLE? I sure hope you're not taking the infant... and if not, why not MLE? I'd say it's better than USM.
--BKK-NRT in TG F tends to open close-in pretty reliably. Also, if you can stomach it, I'd fly into NRT (LGA-ORD-HKG-NRT), so you can get NRT-BKK-NRT for 50K in TG F A380 (which is cheaper than UA's
one-way price of 60K!)
P.S. Glad I was able to motivate you to do an awesome trip like this!