Originally Posted by
JAXBA
SYD QF LON AA JNB is invalid. AA do not have the rights/freedoms to sell LHR-JNB without an incoming TATL AA coded flight. The AA codeshares on BA flights that don’t touch N. America are restricted to “online connecting/stopover traffic only.”
These kinds of flights can sometimes be booked using long sell or by booking it in conjunction with another flight and then subsequently cancel the other flight (married segment violation if the airline has such policy). True, they are not supposed to be booked this way, but once booked, they can be ticketed just fine.