Originally Posted by
christep
There are many types of "round the world" ticket. Clearly this is a rtw ticket in some sense since you are going round the world. The question is whether it is a OneWorld Explorer ticket (as you were apparently led to believe) or something different entirely (as I suspect).
I believe the change fee will get converted from USD at some not very good exchange rate, but I could be wrong about that.
I still reckon your best bet may be just to fly back to HNL the evening before. That way you don't have to open the whole can of worms with the ticket. But I would make very sure you have some solid documentation for what you've bought.
Trust me -I am DEFINITELY going to open the can of worms now! I don't like being taken for a fool, and I've had enough experience of airlines to know that it's better to know exactly what ticket I actually have before leaving the UK! Hopefully, there's some explanation as to why I've been charged for an explorer ticket but seemingly not got one!
Obviously, if it turns out that I don't have what I thought, I think the easiest thing would be to forego the non refundable rate I have and stay in Honolulu for the final night.
Theoretically though, I would much prefer to get the routing changed and TBH the price doesn't matter TOO much -obviously if it's going to be excessive then I'm not interested, but I could stomach say £75 change +£25 reissue + a few more airport taxes to get the itinerary I want -the flights between the two islands if i booked them independently, the lost deposit at the hotel and the night in honolulu would cost more. Have to wait and see!
Thanks again.