An alternative is to go via Tahiti or Fiji
with decent award space, and you can read about that below in the Business Class section.
Nevertheless, British Airways does have great first and business class products as well as
generally decent award space from the U.S. to Europe, as long as you are willing to pay the surcharges.
If you're able to wait to book until closer to departure, there is
often decent award space on British Airways in the last couple of weeks.
With United's great direct award availability to Tokyo and
decent award space between various cities in Asia and Australia, this became a great routing option for us.
Low prices for hotels, tours, and dining combined with lots of flights with
relatively decent award space into Bangkok create the perfect, friendly storm for an amazing trip.