Originally Posted by
kymiller
Why can't I get the following itinerary to book?
SFO to AKL Feb 11
SYD to MEL Feb 20 (open jaw / excursionist perk)
MEL to SFO Feb 20
Thought this was within the rules but I get an error when I try to book the above using multi city...
Likely because there are no *A partners that fly between SYD and MEL according to the routing rules. Doing a dummy booking doesn't appear to be allowing me to transit New Zealand while on a SYD-MEL award.