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Since oneworld awards permit a single open jaw, the OP could fly LAX-(LIM or SCL)-IPC-PPT//SYD-AKL-LAX as a oneworld J award for 130,000 miles, and PPT-SYD as a separate All-Partner award for an additional 30,000 miles, for a grand total of 160,000 miles/person. Stopovers at LIM/SCL and IPC would be optional, not mandatory.
I thought of that but even though they allow the open jaw don't they include that segment in the mileage? With that segment it can't be under 20k so it would be 150k miles
No; the distance of the open-jaw segment (sometimes called a "land segment") does
not count toward the total mileage in determining the redemption rate. (It does, however, count as one of the 16 allowable segments on a oneworld award.)
The rule can be found in Section 6B of the first post of the oneworld awards sticky at the top of the AA forum.
It has been reported on FT that some AA agents are confused about calculating trip mileage on an itinerary with a land segment, but when they check with a supervisor or the desk responsible for actually ticketing these awards, the agents are quickly set straight.