Asia Miles - RTW and "Return Only" Partners

[tizey]

Have been doing a fair bit of exploring Asia Miles program - I've got to move some Amex points from warehouse (want to re-start 18month waiting period), and thinking given my exposure to Star Alliance already via SQ & United Miles, AM seems a decent program to get most value out of Oneworld.

Availability on CX flights seems MUCH better than trying to book CX via QFF when searching AM website (which is a huge bonus as we are limited to peak (school holiday) periods, and on that basis alone, I seem to think its a great home for some points. Expiry is less of an issue as I know the 3yr rule with AM.

One question I cant seem to answer is - there are a list of "Return Only" partners:

- Finnair
- Iberia
- Japan Airlines
- LAN
- Royal Jordanian
- S7 Airlines

How do these partners interact with the RTW award? Can I book a one-way flight with these airlines as part of a RTW award? If so, that means they are quite dead to us - and Japan Airlines is someone I'm keen to explore as a viable option for this booking as they have great routings to come home from USA with a brief stopover in Japan:

MEL-HKG-ZRH (CX)
ZRH-NYC (AA)
NYC-ORD (AA)
ORD-NRT (JA)
NRT-MEL (JA)

Would appreciate any input from those with more knowledge than I!

 

[MEL_Traveller]

Different products (RTW vs ‘simple’ one way or return itineraries)

It’s only S7, Aer Lingus, star alliance and some other non oneworld partners that can’t be used as part of a multi carrier RTW award.

i think you’re fine.