Originally Posted by
ckpeter
FYI, with very rare exceptions, award tickets are always booked as operating flight numbers, and not codeshare flight numbers.
Thanks for clarifying. Would the rare exceptions include times when you have a flight with a OW partner's flight number but the actual operating carrier is not a OW member nor an AA partner? For example, you want to book LAX-NRT-XYZ and NRT-XYZ is a JL flight number but operated by ##, with whom AA has no partnership? Or would such an itinerary not be bookable with AA miles?