TemboOne

First time vist here from AC forum so my apologies if my question seems stupid.

I live in Canada and several years ago achieved huge savings by flying to the UK and buying a OW RTW there.

At that time OW published RTW fares based on country of residence on it's website.

Then the Y RTW fare from Canada or USA was $3,900 while from the UK it was around 1,250 pounds sterling, a substantial saving, and by flying EB from London I had the TATL leg leftover at the end, ready for another journey.

Can anyone advise if such fare tables still exist?

The present method seems to require inputting an itinerary just in order to find basic fare info, and precludes geographic shopping.

The old method was great; you knew where you stood before commencing itinerary construction.

Gardyloo

Oneworld pulled the country fare tables after a number of countries and the EU required "all-in" pricing quotes - inclusive of taxes and fees. Since RTW fares involve numerous airports and countries that have different taxes and fees, it was impossible to put this on the OW site, so they removed them.

You need to go to a third-party site like ExpertFlyer or KVS to see the "base" fare tables, or else plug in an itinerary in the online tool at OW. Yes, it's a pain.

TemboOne

Thanks Gardyloo. At least now I know what happened.

Unfortunately this precludes the ability to shop for One World's best prices geographically.

Just priced a Circle Pacific Fare on OW and *A and can do it much better myself! Looks like it's easier without the alliances nowadays.

For example: YYZ-NRT-HKG-SIN-KUL-AKL-SYD-YVR-YYZ for $2,400 Cdn in Y.

If I want prices ex UK I guess I can go back to the old favourite, the UK edition of Business Traveller. Great bucket shop ads there but hard to deal with from across the pond.

skunker

The funny thing is AA RTW desk agents still thinks they are posted somewhere. I called them up last week to discuss some changes and two people told me a price for a base fare that was "posted online." When I asked where it was online they couldn't give me answer.

pandaperth

Maybe the desk agents have been reading the on-line fare rules. Rule 1 for the oneworld explorer states But it's been quite a while since the fares were listed

anabolism

If you have an ExperFlyer subscription you can plug in different countries and see the base fares. Generally speaking, for business class a Circle Pacific is best started in Asia, while South Africa is good for DONEx. You can also call the AA RTW desk and ask for base fares.

Himeno

Japan and Korea are among the cheapest in Asia for DONE3s.

tboons

What is. DONEx and DONE3?

Plan on a RTW from Asia. How do I get the base fares? The calculator on OW website is quite confusing.

pandaperth

See post 1 in the oneworld explorer FAQs
There is no easy way to see the base fares from various starting points (the fares vary by country in which the journey starts)
On the oneworld booking tool, you have to specify your itinerary, then choose the flights and only then is the"Price My Itinerary" button clickable - to show the Fare and Taxes and Carrier Surcharges

Himeno

Some of those need to be updated...