FlyerTalk Forums - View Single Post - ARCHIVE: NEWBIE LOUNGE -.Ask Your AA-Related Questions Here

Jan 10, 2011, 10:25 pm

#105

JDiver

Moderator: American AAdvantage

Join Date: May 2000

Location: NorCal - SMF area

Programs: AA LT Plat; HH LT Diamond, Maître-plongeur des Muccis

Posts: 62,946

Unless it's Honolulu, of course - which offers yet another way to get to Australia.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sagy

AA doesn't fly to Australia/South pacific so you need to either use an All-Partner award which will require two 37.5K award (one for each way or 75K for RT) in Y or OneWorld award which is miles based and requires two partners other than AA. You will probably need a Zone 6 award (up to 20,000 flight miles) which requires 100K RDM (10K more than you have).

IIRC, with an All Partner award you can only have a stopover in the North American gateway which is next to useless for you.

Good luck,