Originally Posted by
skipaway
This may be so, but if you want QR as carrier on first flight, you need a TA to book. It might be possible to book with AA's RTW desk if you can get them to accept an AA South America flight as the overseas segment, but I haven't heard any success stories. I'm just planning using TA henceforth.
As a data point, I recently booked an ex-OSL DONE5 via the AA RTW desk with the only AA-marketed or operated legs being US to South America and vice versa (MIA-UIO and GRU-JFK). Maybe I got lucky but no there was no mention of any sort of TPAC / TATL / overwater requirement