Route notes
Why this routing works
This 12-week routing starts with a domestic positioning stop in Los Angeles before crossing the Pacific to Auckland, then continues west through Australia with stops in Brisbane, Hobart, and Perth. The stop order keeps the long-haul segments clustered around the Pacific crossings, with the Australia section broken into shorter regional flights.
A surface sector is built in after Perth, with the itinerary resuming by air in Ho Chi Minh City. From there, the ticket continues through Siem Reap and then north to Tokyo before the final transpacific return to New York City. Using an open-jaw at this point gives flexibility between Western Australia and Southeast Asia without forcing a backtrack on the air ticket.
The pacing is uneven by design, with longer stays in Auckland and Tokyo and shorter stopovers elsewhere. That makes this a fit for travelers who want a few deeper bases connected by a single business-class multi-stop ticket, while still keeping the route moving in one overall direction from North America through Australasia, Southeast Asia, and East Asia.