Originally Posted by
flyaxa
Someone please correct me if I am wrong, but I believe there has to be F availability on at least one segment for AA to be able to ticket in F.
That is correct. I think like 2x a week there is a KA flight with F HKG-PVG, if by some chance that could be integrated into the award then I'd think you could book the award in award F with voluntary downgrade on ORD-HKG leg.