Originally Posted by QF Hammer
Is this actually necessary? Personally I am looking at flying in completely the other direction on a DONEx (ie via Asia) so putting an AA sector in will require me to go via NA first which is not practical for what I want to use the ticket for. Any suggestions would be most welcome on this.
The key to all of this is getting the ticket issued. If you cannot get AA/TAL to issue the ticket with the first segments via Asia, I would suggest setting up an itinerary you have no intention of flying and once you ave the ticket in your hand rebook to the itinerary you really want.