That means picking where to go. So far, I know this:
- Tickets originating anywhere outside of the US are much cheaper - originating in London looks like it might be cheapest
- I probably need to be on Oneworld ... both because I'll have some status through 2010 and they fly through Easter Island
- Flying west looks like it might be easier, but that doesn't work starting in London - should I actually be concerned about this, business consultant me?
OK! Let's start with a route. These are the must-dos:
- Easter Island (see above)
- Capetown
- New Zealand
- Ayers Rock / Uluru, Australia
- Rarotonga / Cook Islands
- Cairo
- Rio de Janeiro
- Petra (Amman, Jordan)
Second priority (you can only do so much in 6 months ..)
- Delhi! (again)
- Berlin (again)
- Varanasi
- Nairobi (best July-Oct)
- Serengeti (best June-early July; avoid March-May)
- Galapagos (best Jan-March)
- Berenty, Madagascar (best May-June, Sept-Nov)
- Morocco
- Sao Paulo
- Buenos Aires (Tierra del Fuego)
- Quito
- Zagreb, Croatia
- Dublin
- Istanbul
- Reykjavik
- Riga, Latvia
- Mongolia
- Angkor Wat (Siem Reap, Cambodia)
- Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam
- Hong Kong
Third tier
- Dubai
- Helsinki
- Barcelona
- Madrid
- Munich
- Vienna
- Zurich
- Rome
- Athens
- Provence
- Moscow
- St. Petersburg
- Tahiti
- Tokyo
- Shanghai
- Beijing