Originally Posted by
quitecontrary
I've got an AONE4 RTW itinerany ex DOH priced up at QAR88,000 (approx £7500 or US$12000) is this a good price?
Also do I just buy it online or do I try to get AA to ticket it which I've read saves taxes or will this not apply in the this case? I'm still in the planning stages but wanted to know the best place to start from, way to go about booking it etc.
I take it you mean 44000 QAR? The base price for ex DOH is 37250 QAR.
I assume you have chosen the BA flight as your first which means the online tool will be quite happy to take all your details and then tell you to contact the local BA office to arrange payment. IIRC someone on here has stated that there is some Qatari law or regulation that says than CC payments must be made with the card holder present. So that makes it somewhat difficult.
I also tried to purchase an ex-AMM this weekend which books through AA ticketing and the tool was quite happy to accept all my details and CC number. It then told me that the flights were not available at that fare and to contact the local AA office. This advice was particularly useful since AA don't have a presence in Jordan.
Upshot is that the wonderful online tool that OW provide is about as useless as used toilet paper in some situations.
I have read on here that someone was able to book an ex-AMM successfully using the online tool but I am unsure which gods you have to pray to that can make this happen.