Originally Posted by
freed0m
it is allowed KIX-HND-BKK with 16-hour layover. I think the problem is with connecting for JL Intra-Asia. It seems that only TYO is allowed.
You can connect KIX for HND-KIX-LAX, however.
Originally Posted by
skimthetrees
It is a legal connection on an international itinerary. You used to be able to book it online but not anymore. In a fair world you would be able to call in and book it but the only way to know for sure is to try it. If it does not work you might also consider 6k BA + 25k AS if you have access to Avios.
Thank you for your replies. It does appear that AS search doesn't allow you do book connections in Osaka(KIX-KIX nor ITM-KIX cxns) in the same way you can book them in TYO. We changed up our plans and booked an award HND-HIJ for 6K BA(thanks for this suggestion!) and then HIJ-HND/NRT-BKK for 25K AS with a 3hr20min cxn in TYO. We had called AS to book the latter and the agent helped us realize that we could build that in multi-city on the AS website to save the phone booking fee.
For the return BKK-KIX/ITM-HND we'll use AA miles since AS doesn't play nice with this. (Phone agent said they couldn't do it)