Originally Posted by
guv1976
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It may be creative, but it's also impossible: you cannot use AS or TN flights on an Explorer award, as neither carrier is a oneworld member or affiliate.
Thanks for that. It does complicate that a little as it looks like there is only a PDX-DFW flight to get out of PDX on a 1W AA EXP ticket.
Coming is not a prob as I could route it through SCL-DFW-PDX but going I would have to hop up to YVR which is only 4500 avios one way on a DashTrash coffin.
I could route it through SYD so YVR-TYO-SYD-(AKL?)-SCL-MDZ-SCL-DFW-PDX which is about 23k miles only about 1k more than the TYO-PPT-IPC route.
I could go TYO-HNL via JL then head south HNL-PPT on HA and then I could use LA from PPT-IPC. So
YVR-TYO-HNL---PPT-IPC-SCL-MDZ-SCL-LAX-PDX.
The question is is it worth 27.5k HA miles to sit coach HNL-PPT probably not, but if I really wanted to go to PPT.