Just read through a bunch of this thread and the AA issue for Europe / Middle East where itinerary includes South Africa.

I'm in the middle of DONE4 booked BEFORE on BA in Sept 2016 but taken over by AA RTW after first flight (Jan 2017):

JNB-xDOH-NorthAmerica-Asia-HEL-MAD-JNB

And I'm considering a change to:

JNB-xDOH-NorthAmerica-Asia-AMM-FCO-LHR-JNB

The tool won't price a new itinerary like that, with error 2622: Your itinerary cannot include any flow or surface sector between Europe and Middle East.

My read of the old rules is this would be 3.2.2 (Middle East twice but one less than 24 hour) - so no restriction on Europe-Middle East flights?

My read on the NEW rules is that it should simply be allowed without issue.

BUT... I'm ticketed with AA, so who knows. Has anyone actually been able to get AA to allow Europe - Middle East segments with leaving via ME (<24hr) and returning via ME - under old rules 3.2.2 OR under the new rules?