Originally Posted by cmtlatitudes

So, a few months ago I nabbed ORD-DOH-MLE award tickets for early July. Kicking myself now because I didn't book a return at the time. I was waiting to see if Tanzania would change post arrival testing requirements and add a week on there, or if that didn't work out, setting up DOH - wherever was available in Europe, spending a few days, and flying back to the states from there.

I wasn't overly worried, even knowing QR usually blocks North American travel in J after a certain point, because in years past DOH - Europe routes have mostly stayed open. Last night I literally tried probably 60% of all DOH onward (QR operated) destinations, and all of them are blocked in J the entire summer. ~ July 7th - Sept 7th. It doesn't seem worth slogging through the rest - what I found so far seems consistent and systemic.

Anyway - my own stupid fault trying to juggle too many scenarios and waiting too long.

But all this makes me curious how the Award tickets work with partners -- has QR pulled all the J award inventory from AA, or is AA limiting the partner offerings on these routes? Perhaps trying to force customers into spending more for awards on their new DOH-JFK routes (or whatever reasons)?