Originally Posted by
ZenFlyer
I've been reading this thread with interest due to upcoming travel with two different OW partners (AA and QF). While it doesn't address the issue of AS's policy in particular (which has already been cited above) fwiw I found the explanation of this issue in the following article helpful:
https://www.australianfrequentflyer..../amadeus-fqtv/
According to AFF member madrooster, global distribution systems such as Amadeus
AS uses SABRE, unlike everyone else in OW save AA.