Originally Posted by
JuliusPIV
I went back to the drawing board trying several permutations over a 5 day span (3/7 - 3/11) to find availability; I'm even looking at going the opposite direction which will result in either a second award or revenue booking:
- SYD|MEL|BNE - HKG|SNG|HND|NRT - LHR|SFO|LAX|DFW|IAD|JFK|LGA|PHL
- SYD|MEL|BNE - BKK - HKG|SNG|NRT - LHR|SFO|LAX|DFW|IAD|JFK|LGA|PHL
- SYD|MEL|BNE - DOH - LHR - IAD|DCA|JFK|LGA|PHL
- SYD|MEL|BNE - DOH - MXP - IAD|DCA|JFK|LGA|PHL
- SYD|MEL|BNE - DOH - MXP - LHR - IAD|DCA|JFK|LGA|PHL
- SYD|MEL|BNE - DOH - MUC - IAD|DCA|JFK|LGA|PHL
- SYD|MEL|BNE - DOH - MUC - LHR - IAD|DCA|JFK|LGA|PHL
- AKL - SLC - MIA|DFW - IAD|DCA|JFK|LGA|PHL
- Any other combinations?
Are you coming to AA from US or UA, where routing rules didn't matter? You seem to be working a lot of routings that transit a 3rd area (restricted, but not prohibited between all regions) or are unlikely to have published thru-fares origin to destination by the overwater carrier. Check the wiki.