Originally Posted by
ckpeter
Pardon me, but I believe the airport in question, CPT, is considered to be in Africa, and not South Pacific. So at present, to book using AA miles with the new CX flight, would entail US-Asia and Asia to Africa awards.
You're absolutely right! I'm so used to seeing posts about AAdvantage award travel between North America and Australia via CX that I automatically said "South Pacific" instead of "Africa." Thanks for catching that; I've corrected my post.