oneworld - OneWorld Around-the-World Tickets

Any new thoughts or insights on planning around-the-world travel? I have done 3 ATW fares in B/C, 2 originating in Italy, one in Spain. Four continents were about $4,300.00, but now have gone up.
I understand now NZ or Sweden may be cheaper place to orginate.
Ticket I got 3/02 originating in FCO was ticketed and issued here in USA. I now understand that new rules require ticketing in country of orgin.
Any comments?

<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by MiamiPrep:
Any new thoughts or insights on planning around-the-world travel? I have done 3 ATW fares in B/C, 2 originating in Italy, one in Spain. Four continents were about $4,300.00, but now have gone up. I understand now NZ or Sweden may be cheaper place to orginate.

Ticket I got 3/02 originating in FCO was ticketed and issued here in USA. I now understand that new rules require ticketing in country of orgin.
Any comments?</font>

1. You cannot get tickets issued anywhere other than the country of origin of the first flight & tickets are charged at the rate for that country.

One exception applies - you can have AA, for example, reserve the ticket/flights for you and give you the locator reference. You then arrive in the city of departure (in your example FCO) and confirm/pay for the ticket at the AA desk there & at the Italian rate.

2. For cheapest rates see : http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/Forum83/HTML/001315.html In EUR one of the cheapest places is GIB.

Hope this helps

As of Jan 01, 2003, you may still issue the tickets from Canada at the originating country's rate as long as you originate from there.

<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Guy Betsy:
As of Jan 01, 2003, you may still issue the tickets from Canada at the originating country's rate as long as you originate from there.</font>

Guy Betsy, what about the rule change discussed here (http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/Forum83/HTML/001286.html). Was it rescinded?

Let's just say that I know a couple of agencies in Canada & USA that could still bypass this ruling!

GB,

perhaps you should retract that statement,
in case the big bros are watching http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif

what about saying that, there are some arrangement, contact GB for details http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif

My Canadian agency contact has just advised me that they have lost that agreement with a particular Oneworld carrier all of a sudden!

So no more SOTO tickets at originating country prices for Oneworld Explorer tickets in USA and Canada. The USA though still has one loophole which I shall keep secret to myself and my clients.

Guy Betsy - How do I become one of your clients? I'm trying to book an OWE ticket and need some advice. I was planning to purchase in Canada but have run into problems (posted elsewhere)

Thanks,

Doug