Originally Posted by
LHR/MEL/Europe FF
I thought maybe there might have been an AA codeshare on flights to NRT (AA sells fares to the US via Tokyo in conjunction with Qantas) but there doesn't seem to be any. (I know you want BKK but just I cjecked NRT out of interest.)
I thought the same. The QF operated flights between AU and South East Asia/Japan don't have AA codes. Only QF and JL codes on the direct AU-JP flights and QF, BA or JL codes via BKK and SIN.
A SYD-NRT flight would likely be covered in the AFA Exception, but without a business reason to be in Asia, it's not likely the the US Government would pay for the ticket.