Originally Posted by
pandaperth
Thanks for clarifying. Hope you enjoyed Yellowstone.
I'm still surprised that you were allowed the transit through KIX. It contravenes this rule:
I only recall one other instance of a pax being allowed to transit the country of origin. And that was early in the global shutdown due to the pandemic with so many flights cancelled it was the only way the pax could get home.
AA RTW desk ticketed it so perhaps they are interpreting the rule to mean transit isn't an actual arrival or departure in the country. Since you don't go through immigration in most countries, AA maybe views that as not being in the country? US and a few others unfortunately don't fit that classification. Perhaps others can further test this if booking through AA.
Yellowstone was great, but even in Sep some areas were crowded. Also spent 2 days in Grand Tetons. Used this RTW to fly MCO-DFW-JAC-DFW-MCO in AA first. It's an expensive flight. The DFW-JAC flight has only 8 seats up front. Great views of the Teton mountains when flying into Jackson Hole. This RTW checked off 2 more bucket list trips (Iguazu Falls and Yellowstone).