Originally Posted by
JonNYC
...That said, the issue of the direct flight/one flight # you bring up is not as clearly discerned as disallowed anywhere in these various places.
And, in fact, does -not- trigger 2 awards in some other examples. As an example, N.America-> S.Pacifc does not have an exception for connection in middle east listed in the table. Yet, you can in fact do that on the direct flight QF10 for example which flies LHR-DXB-MEL, as a single AAdv award.
And THAT having been said, I don't, off-hand- recall anyone reporting successful connection in LIM on way to deep S.America from N.America regardless of the single flight LAN flight #.