Originally Posted by Happy

I would not assume AS not allow the bolded routings until actually talk to the partner desk. You never know until you actually ask and are told yes or no.

What I suggested to the poster who asked the question is, CX flies from these gateways - it may be necessary for the poster to have position flights in case he needs to - depends on of course whether it makes sense - say, if he happens to have families in ORD or YYZ, then he could do a positional flight to visit them, then use the AS award to HKG. On return he can have an open jaw to go home.

When it comes to award redemption, one needs to be creative and think outside the box in order to expand the options available.