One-Way "Flex" Awards announced

[JonNYC]

Originally Posted by richard

OW awards require 2 non-AA airlines. This could be a problem for some destinations. For example, to visit Oz and NZ from NYC, you would have to either find a way to find a second OW airline in addition to QF or have 3 one-ways, e.g., NY-SYD, SYD-AKL, AKL-NY.

Do I have this right?

Oh-- don't get me wrong-- OneWorld awards are impossible, impractical or just pain undesirable for -many- destinations.

So, yes, you're 100% correct, the three (or four), connecting one-way awards would be used in those instances. Albeit at a tremendous mileage premium in some cases.

BTW, in your example, technically, NYC-SYD-AKL-NYC, -could-, in fact be done as a OneWorld award. But, there are, of course, many, many (most) that can't.