Originally Posted by
s0ssos
So if you actually do the math, and compare AS first-class around the world (for simplicity US to Asia, HKG, to Europe, then back to US):
AA: 110k, 90k, 80k (CX and BA)
AS: 70k each leg.
So, for AA you would need 280k, and AS would be 210k.
Now, neither AA nor AS offer around the world tickets (Oneworld Explorer), so this isn't literally the "RTW" ticket where you can stop a million times as long as you keep going in the same direction.
AS & AA can both sell Oneworld Explorer tickets for cash. [for AS QF will ticket].
But AS - AA do not have a RTW award product. Some other OW ffp's do have multi airline award product with stopovers.
With AS awards the stop over feature, where available, is very useful. AA eliminated stopovers on awards some time ago.