I'm about to ticket an ex-ICN DONE4 for January 2010. It starts ICN-HKG-SYD-CHC. One issue is that the flight we want HKG-SYD, CX111, has D0. We can get confirmed in a later QF flight. The TA cautioned us that if we ticket with the QF flight and also waitlist the CX, then if it clears the ticket will need to be re-issued and that the airlines usually charge a fee for this (and maybe re-price?). I thought this should be free, which seems to be seconded by this thread.

She suggested instead ticketing with only the CX waitlisted. Wouldn't this require a paper ticket? Would this be a better way to go? Seems risky to me to not have confirmed space on a flight, but then again it's many months away.