[QUOTE=Guy Betsy]So you'd be flying:
CAI-LHR-JFK or CAI-MAD-JFK ,
JFK-YUL-DFW-JAX (buy seperate ticket between JAX and MIA)
MIA-ORD-ANC //
(you'd need a seperate ticket to get from YVR to SFO as AA does not fly this route)

Thanks for the prompt reply. Do stopovers eg LHR between CAI and JFK (only a few hours) count as segments too? Hm..told you we were novices!! From my perusing American Airlines Flight 7075 seems to fly from YVR to SFO or have I misunderstood something? All adds to the excitement of the grand planning though. Thanks again