Finally got my ex-CAI DONE done. Mrs Sobhi is really efficient and prompt response.

She seems interpret the rules differently than the AA rtw desk, she accepted my argument to allow me to do MEL-HKG/x-LHR instead of forcing me to fly BA/QF finally after I fax a portion of the rule to her.

However, She insisted that I cannot do the LHR-IST-LHR like this:
CAI-LHR/x-YYZ/x-ORD-DTW-NYC-LAX//LGA-YYZ-HKG-NRT-HKG-AKL/x-SYD/x-CNS-DRW/x-PER/x-MEL-HKG/x-LHR/o-IST/o-LHR/x-CAI

Her reason is that I can only have 1 international departure and arrival at the country of origin in which Egypt and UK is one. ?!?!(p.s. I told her the rule is country not continent, and I am doing 1 entry/exit of Egypt, multiple entry/exit in LHR should not matter)
Then her second reason is that I can only have 2 segments for Egypt and Middleast, which IST in in Middleast. ?!?! (I know I cannot do middleast and Greece, except rule changed, IST is "normal" city)

I asked her to issue the ticket without LHR-IST-LHR (deadline for tkting), but now I only used 18segment.

QUESTION: Can I do a ticket re-issue at, say HKG, to add it HKG-Asia-HKG or even better add the LHR-IST-LHR/x back to my ticket?

Thanks!

Christ: I do follow your advice even for my last ticket by AA (aka "OPEN") and it is GREAT! Tough lecture when I talk to RTW desk but otherwise worked GREAT for all the individual bookings and segment. Never had a problem at any airport I've been accepting the open ticket!

I asked Mrs Sobhi to do it OPEN and give me tax ladder as well. I will post the result when I receive my ticket!


[This message has been edited by HK-UMICH (edited Dec 03, 2003).]