Originally Posted by
Darren
They will do whatever you want, but there are a couple of issues with going through LHR to PEK, not the least of which is the restriction on two cnxns and one stopover per city. The Manchester shuffle will cost him two connections in London right there assuming that he takes AA transatlantic and BA back to Tel Aviv.
They'll do whatever you want provided there is availability. IME LHR-TLV or v.v. is a tough award seat in J. If he goes ORD-MAN over the water, LHR wouldn't be an issue; otherwise, yes.
Originally Posted by
Darren
The other issue that may come up, and I say may because I just cannot recall how it's treated, but if the trip is measured stop to stop, and an open jaw is considered a stop on both ends, they might count the miles of the open jaw. If so, you bump above 20k. Again, I cannot recall if this is an issue on AA, but I know it is on other FF programs with this award.
I don't think they count surface miles, but an open jaw is a stopover.