I saw on the OneWorld Mileage Based Awards on the AA Website.

http://www.aa.com/apps/AAdvantage/Vi...itemDescriptor =AAdvantagePartnersContent

I started to check into this and called AA. This would appear to be just what I am looking for.

FYI, the gal who answered the phone at AA was very helpful, and answered most of my questions. I am including the answers I got, in case you have the same questions.

You can land at Point A, and resume your travels from Point B (Open Jaw).

Also, the mileage for any segment is calculated from Point X to Point Y, and ignores any stop-over. For example, if you fly from Milwaukee to Shannon, Ireland through O'Hare, you will be charged only for the distance from Milwaukee to Shannon (3547 Miles), as opposed to Milwuakee to O'Hare (67 Miles) and O'Hare to Shannon (3588 Miles).

I looked into an itinerary to use with a "Zone-3 Distance Award" (9000 miles max), and it came out to 9060 miles. I modified it a bit, and it was still at 9002 miles.

My question is this....

Does anyone know the policies of OneWorld (and/or AA) for itineraries that are very slightly over the mileage limits for an Award?

Your assistance would be greatly appreciated.

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Just to correct the terminology... the mileage may ignore any transit, but it certainly doesn't ignore stopovers since that would by definition turn the segment into two segments.

Christep, you are correct. It was a poor choice of words on my part. The theoretical change of planes in Chicago in my example is ignored, and the mileage is calculated just as if you would take a direct flight from Milwaukee to Shannon.

Bottom line, you are charged for the miles from your point of origin to your destination on any segment of your overall trip (regardless of how many connections you have to make), just as if the flight was direct from your origin to your destination.

Thanks Christep.

Also, if you would like to check the distance between two cities, the following site is reasonably accurate:

http://www.indo.com/distance/

It will not spit out Exactly the same distance as the airlines calculate, but it is reasonably close. Also, it does not recognize three letter airport codes, you have to type in the city name.

If anyone knows of a more accurate or easier to use site for these mileage calculations, by all means, please post the URL.

Thanks

You can try this one http://gc.kls2.com/

I was slightly surprised to learn from the above indo.com site that there is Narita in Illinois!

I tested Narita-New York and came with around 800 miles. Hmm... I thought something was wrong.