Redeeming AA miles for BA flight to MLE.
British Airways is soon starting LGW-MLE (Maldives) and on numerous occasions I've called AA's AAdvantage desk to look up any award availability for the flight. AA tells me that because they don't codeshare with BA on the specific city pairs, they cannot book awards on that flight. If true, I find this completely bogus.
They are offering me DXB, but I want MLE.
My other question is, assuming I can finally locate availability on the MLE legs, is YYZ-LHR/LGW-MLE and back doable using AA miles? I know there is a rule saying you have to fly AA transatlantic, but I read somewhere that the rule only applies on flights to/from USA, but not Canada, Mexico or the Caribbean. Can anyone please verify this?
Thank you.
-Kinglobjaw