I didn't say "everyone else" I said "the other regulars here" - i.e. the people who have demonstrated time and again that they use and understand these products; people with thousands of posts, not tens or hundreds.

Moreover, alemdohorizonte is talking about a different issue (not being allowed to use a coupon marked O for a transit) where Qantas was clearly wrong.

Your final point may cover many of the cases here. I think, for example, that AA will always issue domestic sectors as stopovers since there is generally no tax difference.

You also get a load more flexibility when only one airline is involved. For example, AA has more than once uplifted two coupons when I was planning to do an extra sector just for the miles and allowed me to take the direct flight (say uplifting coupons for MIA-ORD-JFK as a valid ticket for a direct MIA-JFK flight).