Thanks for all the suggestions and advice, keep it coming as I start to pull this together. I certainly would be hoping to have airlines sponsor my seats around the world, perhaps I should approach the alliances, e.g. One World.
I did a very quick, not detailed (yet), calculation on BOS-LHR-SYD-LAX-BOS (with appropriate stops) and the total time clocked in at 58 hrs 30mins. Too close to the existing record and one delay can screw it up. The longest layover was in SYD at 5hrs 5mins. Saving 4 of those 5hrs would make a big difference. Of course, I'll do a lot more detailed planning to get a more accurate timing but that was my first back of the envelope total!
Ozzy
Last edited by Ozzy; 9th Mar 2007 at 15:39.