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Old Feb 2, 2016 | 10:04 pm
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Originally Posted by JonNYC
It's really "governing carrier" not overwater carrier, and, it wouldn't be AA on such an itin, would be Sri Lankan or _maybe_ Qatar-- but more than likely Sri Lankan.

But even if the itin was reverse (LAX-BKK) (where AA -would- be the governing carrier) I certainly doubt such a silly routing would ever pass as a single award
Shouldn't the governing carrier be the one that carries you across IATA zone boundaries, which, in this case, is the carrier for HND-LAX?

My understanding is from IATA baggage rules.
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