Thanks for the clarification on the miles. Now if they only extend the 100% additional match....

I am in Los Angeles, so I will go to the AA office in Beverly Hills. From talking to the rep on the phone, the exchange rate is almost identical to Interbank.

Yeh, I will suffer in Tahiti for the week. The only reservation is cost, since it will be high season there. :/

What you say about the two stops is for the most part correct, so I will explain what I did. According to the AA lady, it is all correct. You get 3 stops in the continent of origin, and 4 segments. One is where you leave from, so that leaves two. One MUST be the international hub, which is in my case London. The second can be anywhere. In my case, Dubai. The trip must end in the same continent, but not the same city. So I am getting the Tel Aviv by just ending the trip in TLV. I will then arrange transportation up to where I will fly home from, which will probably be Paris. As far as the mid-east restriction, I might have overlooked it. If so, then I will change to Istanbul, assuming it is not considered the mid-east. That is not a big concern to me. Ending in the south is not a problem in my case, since I am also going to spend an additional 4-6 weeks visiting friends throughout Europe on a railpass.

Thanks.