Originally Posted by
SAN_Finn
I think the suggestion was to book the connection and then simply walk of at LAX and not fly the last part. Since awards are one way there is no return to consider. If you have luggage there maybe an issue AA not letting you short check to LAX, booking the ticket with an overnight at LAX will avoid this. Doing this is against the conditions of carriage with AA
Very true, but since I will have 2 checked bags , I cant take the risk of being told 'no short check" and have my bags end up in LAS or CX everything and end up having to pay top top dollar to get to LA. No question if only carry-on its a slam dunk. No overnight was offered, when I booked