That's not a bad plan. The negative as a new guy is the lack of actual flying. It'll take some time to get comfortable in the AC.

As far as favorite trips goes, the nice thing about international flying is many pilots have their favorites so one guy's pleasure is another's pain.

When I could hold a regular line I bid days off with max time per trip. I liked Moscow so 80+ hours and 12 days work per month. I'm on reserve now so things are different. So far 2-4 days short call and two trips per month flying England, Ireland and Ghana mostly. I get most of the other cities occasionally.