Varig does GRU-CDG-AMS, and I just found out recently that you can actually purchase a revenue ticket on the AMS-CDG portion for roughly 200Euro roundtrip. That might be a little pricey compared to the loco’s, but you get to fly on a 777. I’d be all over that. Pity you can’t do the same between AKL and SYD on TG or SYD-MEL on UA.