Originally Posted by
izzik
Very minor detail but AA RTW desk will want to book you on AA TPAC OR AA TATL marketed flights. You don't need to do both.
Originally Posted by
Dr. HFH
AA doesn't "want" (prefer) this, it requires that either TATL or TPAC be on an AA marketed flight if you book through the AA RTW desk. While I recall that one FTer once claimed that s/he was able to book there without an AA marketed trans-oceanic flight, the agents have always been clear with me that it is a requirement. Note also that this does not depend on the routing actually flown. For example, CX JFK/BOS-HKG is considered TPAC even though it nearly always flies eastbound (due to the jetstream).
Pretty sure they also allow South America for the inter-continental segment (perhaps not Colombia / Ecuador / Peru where they don't sell Flagship service), which is significant since if you're going North America to South America, Brazil is the only country that has codeshares on AA metal, but Argentina and Chile are AA coded only. So for AAdvantage members wanting South America on a xONE4, 5, or 6 anyway, they probably have to have AA codes there regardless, so why waste them on the TPAC and TATL?
During the ex-CAI frenzy that could have saved an AAdvantage member a lot of wasted LPs and miles since DONE4 and DONE5 were only $80 difference in price. Sure, I'll happily take a weekend trip to Chile for $80 that then allows me JL codes for TPAC and QR codes for TATL