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Intl Jumper
To clarify, AA will only let you jumpseat if you are a pilot for a legacy carrier, or work for fedex or ups. There were 2 or 3 other small cargo carriers that I cannot recall at this time. But other than that, AA will not let you jumpseat in the cabin. I have heard about people jumpseating internationally from outside the US to outside the US. Not from outside of the US back to the US. I jumpseat internationally to go home every week. I jumpseat home on CAL to avoid landing fees, and non rev back into the US.
Never had a problem jumpseating from Brazil to the US or UK to the US (both on DAL and CAL). I know many others who have jumpseated internationally into the US - so I don't know where you get your idea that it can't be done. Just remember it is pretty much a US carrier only thing to use the jumpseat.
Don't know where you jumpseat to but if you can get there on CAL you should be able to get home on CAL. If the local gate agents haven't got a clue ask the Gate agents in the States where the local agent can look up Jump seat procedures in their system or get your jumpseat coordinator let the CAL j/s coordinator know there is a problem.