Originally Posted by
DaveInLA
My understanding for Alaska rewards on partner airlines is that we are allowed one stopover. I'm looking over potential itineraries for vacation early next year and thought about flying from LAX to SYD nonstop, then SYD to BKK. Unalaska's website, I'm able to book the one way from LAX to SYD, but when I that on the flight to BKK, it won't let me complete the itinerary. Is this not a valid itinerary?
Nope.
http://www.alaskaair.com/content/mil...hart-asia.aspx
QF is not a valid partner for Asia, so you can't use them to fly to Asia.
The only way to take a stopover in Asia en route or from Australia is to fly CX and stop over in HKG, at which point you can take a side trip to BKK.