So I have a question about the interpretation of rule 4(e) exception 1:
4(e) Only one intercontinental departure and one intercontinental arrival permitted in each
continent except as follows:
1. Two permitted in North America when one is a transfer without stopover.
I was trying to book a OWE, part of which looked like HKG-JFK-xLAX-SCL-IPC-LIM-xSFO-LHR. The AA RTW desk told me that I could not head to Europe by going back through North America. I thought that this was the reasoning of the above quoted rule? FWIW the OWE booking tool validates this.
Is the desk wrong?