Originally Posted by
ExpatExp
Yes, good question. And for those who are curious, one of the best AA awards I know is Europe to Hawaii including a stopover at the port of entry for 20k each way, during the winter. That's 8,500 miles of travel for 20,000 miles. Obviously not that comfortable in Y, but with MCE and advance planning it's a decent and very economical way to make the trip. I hope this award sticks around…
Answered upthread.
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/21826149-post2358.html
IMO, given some of AA's rules requiring published through-fares
, and no Atlantic routings to South Asia, no Pacific routing to India,
, and no routing through a higher-priced region even if you don't stop over
, it is not a hard case to make that US offers better value in a lot of places on the award chart, especially given that US does not care if you do
Pacific/Atlantic routing on the same award. The oneworld explorer award's pretty nice, given, but some of AA's rules are a real PITA compared to what you can get on a US award (and not everyone wants to have 46356536 stopovers).