Apparently the TATL only thing applies just to AA to India?
Because we have tickets for California to DEL with a stop in BKK on outbound and HK on the return. JAL via Tokyo outbound to BKK, then Cathay Pacific to DEL and Cathay via HK on the return. 130K in Biz, as a One World Award.
Originally, had booked this as a Partner Award at 170K--there was no availability on the AA flight from ORD to DEL, but after looking at the FT thread on One World Awards switched to OW and saved 40K.
Gotta love FTers and all the great info they share!