Originally Posted by
christep
That looks like yet another bug in the online booking tool - it appears to be pricing your second itinerary as a DONE4 (although even then $500 tax on the $9100 base fare seems a bit low when the AONE4 has $1000 tax on the $12500 base fare for much the same itinerary). As you noted it should be a DONE5, for which the base fare ex-USA is $10400, so the all in price will be at least $10900. I guess this would get spotted once the quote leaves the online system and goes to a real ticketing office for confirmation.
Is this perhaps a result of the rather curious wording of the relevant rule regarding travel DEL-ORD:
4(m) Nonstop transatlantic Travel on AA between DEL and ORD is permitted.
For travel ex South America/South West Pacific- when this service is utilised a minimum of a 4 Continent Fare must be charged.
For travel ex North America/Asia - when this service is utilised a minimum of a 3 continent fare must be charged.
The rule does
NOT say that Europe must be included as a continent. (Contrast this with the rules regarding travel from SWP to Europe and Japan to Sth Am - which explicitly include the extra continent)
I wonder if anyone has successfully ticketed without having Europe included?