Originally Posted by skunker

I just called to book an exMPM DONE5 with AA RTW desk and I was told that the following was not allowed: MPM-DOH-US-S. America-xUS-HKG-LHR-CPT. The agent said I could not transit Europe as it would be considered backtracking continents. She only allowed HKG-DOH-CPT.

I know I will be calling to change routing and dates after I fly the first legs, so I may just let it stand for now.

The agent did say she has booked about 10 exMPM tickets in the past week. She wanted to know who on FT found the cheap fares, but she didn't believe me when I said I did.

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