Originally Posted by oiRRio
Steady on NM. The OP was posting some useful and topical info wrt AA OW awards. It is quite plausible that someone might need >16 segments on a 35k or 50k miles award. I don't recall previously reading seeing any 5 stopover limit on AA Oneworld awards. The rules, award bands and miles charged vary by OW carrier so maybe this is only a QF restriction.
Sorry, I didn't realise AA was so generous with unlimited stopovers on their version of what is supposed to be a consistent OneWorld award product. Perhaps this 16 sector limit, although imposed due to e-ticket system limitation, is AA's way of reducing this generousity?
I wish QF was so generous as I redeemed 7 x OneWorld 35,000 miles awards last year and struggled to get to where we wanted to go with the limit of 5 stopovers.
Can AA issue e-tix for all OneWorld sectors? I ask because I am currently partway through a DONE4 issued by QF that was going to be issued as an e-ticket, but they could only use E-Ticket for QF/AA/BA/CX sectors. And although my ticket only contains QF/AA/BA airlines and codes, they could not issue the E-Ticket for the HEL-LHR sector (on BA metal and flight number) since AY do the ground handling and check-in and there is apparently a limitation of E-Ticket in that situation as far as a QF E-Tocket is concerned. Or perhaps this restriction on E-Ticket issue is to be fixed before the time this restriction comes into effect??