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Nov 2, 2007 | 3:05 pm

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Originally Posted by Gardyloo

You don't have to use AA over the water or anywhere else. You have to use 2 Oneworld carriers in addition to AA if AA is involved, otherwise just 2 OW airlines. So as far as routing is concerned you could go ORD IB xMAD BA LHR BA NCE IB xMAD IB ORD with no problems. However that's still over 9K miles, so no go.

I'd use the one open-jaw allowance and originate in NYC or someplace in Ohio - wherever it's closer enough (and cheap to get to) in order to make the mileage work. MKE-LHR-MRS-ORD, using Marseilles instead of Nice, seems to come in under 9K miles, although close enough that checking with AA would be wise.

I guess I meant that I *couldn't* use BA over the water so that limited my flights, not that I can only use AA. But yeah, I could definitely use Iberia.

I did this earlier in the year - ORD IB xMAD BA Zurich and then BA NCE to LHR and then back over the pond on AA. So I'm trying to think "out of the box" as I did for that trip.

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