Originally Posted by
hqly2001
they need to get to adelaide by the way
That portion you can use Avios which is good value for short haul but terrible for long haul.
Or you can tag on the segment to Adelaide from the AA redemption which would be part of the award with no additional miles needed.
Your issue is to find the TPAC seats from US to Australia. Search for all Australia gateways - that would be BNE, SYD, MEL, from West Coast and DFW (QF flies DFW-SYD), using BA search engine on each city pair.
Alternatively you can sign up QF FF program and search on QF site which would give you a full month's view at a time.
Do your own legwork to find availability before calling AA to book would save you tremendous time and frustration. Nobody but you yourself has the most interest in finding the availability which is a very time-consuming, meticulous process. Dont expect an AAdvantage agent would exhaust all the possibilities to find that for you, especially if you are not an elite.