Originally Posted by
bc1280
As title, I’m on my way to get to Sydney from LAX soon on AA 73 but the inbound flight may come in late causing some delay. I have a separate itinerary to transit from Sydney to Melbourne on Qantas on a 2 hour connection time. (There was no way for me to book myself from a small local airport to Melbourne due to too many stopover.)
I'm afraid that I don't understand this. If you booked through AA, you should have been able to book LAX-SYD-MEL on one cash ticket, and AAA-BBB-LAX on another cash ticket,
and have AA place both tickets in a single PNR. You would have then been protected in the event of IROPS anywhere along the journey -- including at SYD, assuming that you met the minimum connecting time at SYD.