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1. Ticket is valid for one year from first date of travel, not ticket date, correct?

correct

2. Can I fly on QF partners (Air pacific) to Fiji on OWE (not specifically mentioned in Sabre), Air Pacific is a QF codeshare

No. Codeshares are only allowed when operated by a oneworld partner. i.e. LAX-MIA QF3030 operated by AA. The OW Global Explorer allows certain codeshares, such as Air Pacific and SAA.

3. Rules say Asia to Africa is not backtracking, does that count in both directions, i.e. westbound trip, is Africa to Asia OK?

I would assume so

4. Can I keep carriers open? My first pass with the RTW desk came back with cities and carriers. I would like to stay on codeshares for AA or QF or BA most of the time to avoid the lack of miles on CX (M), and since dept isn't until Aug having open carriers would be easy

No problem. Carriers can be chnged at no cost.

5. Ticketing; ticket will probably be around 30 seg, will AA hand write ticket or do I have to go to a CTO.

Probably habd written. Word on the street suggestes avoiding CTO's.

6. Overland segments count, i.e. If I arrive JFK dep IAD even though I didn't fly it counts as a seg, correct?

No. On OWE ground segments are free. On Global Exporer ground segments use up mileage.

7. ex-Mad when I return to Europe how many segments will I have, is it 2 or 4?

If you return to MAD then the trip ends. Although you get 4 segments in Continent of origin you only get two stopovers. You need to avoid retruning to the point of departure.

Thanks for all of your help, all of the past posts have already helped so much!


glide

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