Originally Posted by
Marlin240
Sorry to hear that.

Might just be I lucked out in my case and got an agent who wasn't a stickler for the rules although what the AE rules are is as clear as the we-can't-really-tell-you-what-they-are rules for MPM these days.
My experience did match post #254 though of course AE is almost always YMMV:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/air-c...2015-a-17.html
They just decided to make up a new rule like that (whereas before they said the mileage would remain the same if it's in the same zone, i.e Europe 1)... you know, just because they can. They say "the computer does it".