Ahhhh...but here's the kicker: The ticket, like many mentioned in previous posts, is on a different carrier's ticket stock: In my case, it's on CX ticket stock though first and last segments are aboard AF. What then?

In other words, I would be purchasing a ticket [XXX-JFK]-CDG-HKG-DPS-SIN-CDG-[JFK-XXX] where the bracketed segments are on a wholly separate itinerary aboard DL on 006 (DL) ticket stock.

And of course I won't call the airlines...keeping under the radar is what we need to do.