Originally Posted by
FWAAA
Middle of page 14 (15 of the .pdf file): "Single one-way trip." "One way upgrade." Your itin. lists four one-way trips, since it's generally impossible to cross the same ocean twice and call it a one-way trip. Don't care whether it appears to be a multi-city or return trip. Four one way trips require four certs. Always have, probably always will. Bouncing around between hubs on either end of the trip don't usually cause a one-way trip to become two one way trips, but crossing the same ocean always does.
I accept your point but the word 'direction' doesn't appear anywhere. There must a difference between 'One way' and 'One direction'. If I book the same trip as 2 reservations but using aa.com's 'One Way' option outbound and inbound by price I get that itinerary. How then is that not
2 One Way fares when AA themselves use the phrase to describe the outbound and inbound itineraries?