Originally Posted by Viajero
I still feel confident that the plain vanilla awards (AA+Eagle) can only be redeemed on AA+Eagle metal, and any other flight, operated by one of the partners, has to be claimed as a Partners award.
That's almost exactly what I said in my first post of this thread.
Expertflyer.com shows no award buckets for LAX to SYD. The flights are
not Z0, U0, and T0. There are no award buckets whatsoever. Do you see the difference? If not, try doing the search yourself.