I am planning on traveling back to Australia with my family of 5 for Christmas, we would like to tour Micronesia on the way, stay in Oz for Christmas then tour Cook islands on the way home. As this crosses 3 airline carriers routes I am looking for a star travel agent who could help me coordinate a cost-effective flight pass. Or someone who has cracked this code already and could make suggestions! Any help greatly appreciated! Cheers

I don't know about micronesia, but here is what I got with Air NZ.

1260 US$
LA to Cooks Island
Cooks to Auckland
Auckland to Sydney
Melbourne to LAX

free stop in Auckland, 125 for cooks Island stop. There are a few other stops options - fiji, tahiti? check their website for the sale.

Travel by Sept 30th though, maybe they'll have a winter sale later.

vjoe-is that price for all those stops? You mean we could go from LA to Melbourne, Sydney, and Auckland for about $1200?

Do you know if there are flight passes that let you coordinate across 2 or more airlines?

We will drive from Sydney to Melbourne.

You can go LAX to Melbourne, then Sydney to Auckland to LAX for less than $1200.
Check Air New Zealand website for sales.
They have a few different sales though so you will have to try a few itenary.

My stop at Rarotonga adds another $125.

There is an around the pacific pass, but I don't know much about it. I think it's pretty expensive.