I'm sure it's here somewhere but worth mentioning again a quick tip for those of you flying on LONEx's and wanting to take advantage of the AA codeshare flight #'s on non AA metal for the superior points earning.

I booked an LONE4 originating in AKL last night with the AA RTW desk and had to call back 4 times to get different agents before I found one who was (very) willing to book me on the AA flight numbers from AKL-MEL-PER. The other agents insisted that I had to originate in LAX to be able to use those numbers and wanted to put me on the QF numbers. As we have seen over and over again it is often about who you get helping you more than anything.

Another tip - I was looking to take the AA codeshare on CX metal from HKG-NRT and despite it being in the AA pdf timetable the agent couldn't see it. Only when she booked the through fare to DFW did it show up and then again she had no problem with booking me on it. Likewise an AY codeshare on QF metal from HKG-PER, had to add the HEL-HKG sector and book HEL-xHKG-PER to be able to see the codeshare flight # in the system.

Regards, paul