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Old Jul 23, 2014, 9:58 am
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Booking Multi City on BA.com
Is there anyway to book a Multi City on BA which uses other One World airlines?
I am trying to book LHR-PVG : PVG-DME : DME-LHR.

BA.com routes me PVG-LHR-DME which is stupid. It can be done on Cathay / Dragonair PVG-HKG-DME in a much shorter time but this is not shown. Any other way to book/ price this One World itinerary on line?

Tried the OneWorld site but couldn't make it work there.

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Old Jul 23, 2014, 10:01 am
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They should be able to price it if you call BA.

Otherwise an OTA may be able to price it online.
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Old Jul 23, 2014, 10:08 am
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aa.com ?
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Old Jul 23, 2014, 10:08 am
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Thanks nux. Trip not firmed up yet just but will call when it does.
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Old Jul 23, 2014, 10:11 am
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Actually to price it up you can use ITA Matrix. If possible you may also want to look at open jaw LHR-PVG / DME-LHR with a separate PVG-DME booking.

To book call BA after finding the itinerary and fare on ITA Matrix.
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Old Jul 23, 2014, 10:14 am
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ITA and AA don't see the 'shorter' option either if part of a multi-city.
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Old Jul 23, 2014, 11:46 am
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AA is very good at this. You can sort it there and call BA. Also I find kayak good for this, especially selecting OW and specific carriers. They then often link to BA to buy it, so they somehow manage it on BA
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Old Jul 23, 2014, 12:06 pm
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BA.com can barely handle a point to point flight booking without giving grief AA may be a good bet for multi-city pairings.
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Old Jul 23, 2014, 2:48 pm
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I would second aa.com and Kayak is not bad either. I have never had a problem with ITA, but I'll take your word for it. Sometimes it just needs a little coaxing.
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Old Jul 24, 2014, 3:33 am
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Originally Posted by nux
Actually to price it up you can use ITA Matrix. If possible you may also want to look at open jaw LHR-PVG / DME-LHR with a separate PVG-DME booking.

To book call BA after finding the itinerary and fare on ITA Matrix.
Great suggestion and was really so much cheaper. BA were quoting in excess of £4K in WTP because of the fare buckets they were able to offer in CX. They also suggested what nux did and it worked out at £1460. Result and many thanks all!!
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Old Jul 24, 2014, 5:12 am
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Originally Posted by henkybaby
ITA and AA don't see the 'shorter' option either if part of a multi-city.
What is the 'shorter' option?
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Old Jul 24, 2014, 5:16 am
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Originally Posted by windowontheAside
What is the 'shorter' option?
PVG-DME direct (or via HKG with CX) rather than via LHR with BA when trying to combine with LHR-PVG // DME-LHR.
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