First and foremost I would like to offer my utmost thanks to the United Airlines employee who made this fare possible and was probably fired after this debacle! I would also like to thank all those at Flyertalk (especially the MCI BBQ DO II crew) who helped share information about the fare, including information about changes, stopovers, upgrades, and travel tips!! Traveling to New Zealand and Australia has always been a dream of mine and what better way to go than in First Class.

I have uploaded photos from the trip to an online gallery located here http://palcher.smugmug.com/gallery/4537726_vd6mt