Originally Posted by
eosphoros
Thanks for all the help guys. So at the moment, my plan looks a little like this.
FRA-xDFW-SFO-LAS-LAX-YYZ-ORD-JFK-SYD-NRT-BKK-HKG-SIN-LHR-DXB-xLHR-FRA (then purchase a one-way back to LHR)
I do have a few problems though. It lets me fly DXB-FRA via LHR no problem, (in effect violating both the 2 stopovers in Origin rule and also the flying return between the same city pair rule), but it counts DFW-SFO as 1st of the 6 NA segments?
That routing doesn't violate any rules and counting DFW-SFO as NA 1/6 is quite correct. It isn't FRA-SFO. It is FRA-DFW-SFO.
1: FRA-DFW: 1st of 1 (intercontinental entry to North America without immediate transit & departure)
2: DFW-SFO: 1st of 6 (North America)
3: SFO-LAS: 2nd of 6 (North America)
4: LAS-LAX: 3rd of 6 (North America)
5: LAX-YYZ: 4th of 6 (North America/North America Transcon)
6: YYZ-ORD: 5th of 6 (North America)
7: ORD-JFK: 6th of 6 (North America)
8: JFK-SYD: intercontinental
9: SYD-NRT: 1st of 1 (intercontinental entry to Asia without immediate transit & departure)
10: NRT-BKK: 1st of 4 (Asia)
11: BKK-HKG: 2nd of 4 (Asia)
12: HKG-SIN: 3rd of 4 (Asia)
13: SIN-LHR: intercontinental
14: LHR-DXB: 1st of 4 (Europe)
15: DXB-LHR: 2nd of 4 (Europe)
16: LHR-FRA: 3rd of 4 (Europe)
Reason I ask is I am trying to book one more segment into NA. I know I can buy extra segments at 200GBP but am just trying to get clarification here. Perhaps there is an email address for RTW Desk at AA? I assume if I do add a segment I have to email them to get a quote.
Your current route has 16 sectors. You can't add another one, paid extra or not, unless you drop one somewhere else.
Also, peaking of the AA RTW desk, the lady who answered last time told me I could not book an open-ended ticket even though theres a section in the rules that state (for travel starting in TC2/3): "Reservations for the first international flight and all preceding flights must be made prior to departure. Subsequent segments may be open-dated". Was she just wrong and I should have argued it with her?
They need to enter a date into the booking. It's a restriction due to etickets. You can change the date after ticketing, or try to get a paper ticket.