Originally Posted by
beachfan
There isn't a requirement of current availability for dropping a segment. If flying xxx-yyy-zzz on an award, then you can drop xxx (once tickeded) without yyy-zzz having availability (as long as xxx and yyy are in the same region).
I think that somehow knowing a few months later whether yyy-zzz was available at the time of booking xxx-yyy-zzz is beyond AA's IT skills but maybe they are so concerned about ensuring a miserable experience that they will persevere and successfully program that.
Right now, I find MIA-JFK-EZE available and JFK-MIA-EZE available, but neither MIA-EZE nor JFK-EZE.
Not if the married sector availability is properly implementted
If done properly, then dropping the sevtor should forice the other sector out since there is no availability for the desired change;