AA and I stand corrected. A follow up call to the rate desk yielded the answer that it would be at the US price, which defeats the purpose. I wonder whether online ticketing will enable this?

As reported here, the OW online booking tool:


"will enable customers to plan oneworld Explorer round-the-world trips, which can be of up to 16 segments. As a customer builds his or her itinerary, it will verify flight availability, displaying only flights that have seats available for the date and routes selected. It will automatically validate that the itinerary meets all fare rules and conditions - and then provide an instant price. Once a customer has finalised his or her itinerary, he or she will be able to pay on-line using a credit card and print out all the details before his or her e-tickets are delivered by email."

Otherwise, what's wrong with making the reservation and ticketing with/thru CX?

How long will CX hold the reservations/seats for without ticketing?