Originally Posted by
Gardyloo
In addition, by starting in SA you'd have to ticket with BA (if you use the online tool) which would subject you to very big fuel surcharges in addition to ordinary taxes. By starting in Jordan you could have AA issue the ticket (as the RJ issuer of record) which would reduce those charges to some degree (from some to a lot, depending on detailed itinerary and stopover points.)
Without having checked anything on the online tool, I'd wager that the fuel surcharge savings will exceed $1,000 USD. Please let us know a more exact amount when you try pricing it up.
Originally Posted by
Gardyloo
(Although I'd be tempted to use your N. America transcon to do JFK-YVR or v.v. rather than JFK-LAX, but it's your call.)
+1
The shorthaul LAX - ORD - SEA legs will barely be enjoyable, much less in the league of CX's F service to YVR. I'd use the 2 segments elsewhere....