I think I have nailed down my final routing as follows:

CNS-SYD
SYD-AKL
AKL-HKG
HKG-BKK
BKK-HKG
HKG - Delhi (DEL)
Delhi (DEL) - London (LHR)
London (LHR) - Istanbul (IST)
IST - LHR
London (LHR) - Cairo (CAI)
Cairo (CAI) - Barcelona (BCN)
Barcelona (BCN)-MAD-Rio (GIG)
GIG-Santiago(SCL)
SCL-Buenos Aires(BUE)
BUE-MIA
MIA-BZE
BZE-DFW
DFW-LAX
LAX-SYD

Instead of going to Cancun, I am just going to fly to Belize, which has better diving

When I order, I will give them the routing info. However, I want to make sure I understand the ticketing rules.

I think I need to ticket all segments up to and including the first international segment. I think this means the following segments:
CNS-SYD
SYD-AKL
AKL-HKG

I think I need to ticket these segments 7 days before. And once the segments are ticketed, a ticket reissue is required to change the date (if it is more than 7 days away) thus incurring the change fee.

So it looks like I can't make any changes to the flights in the originating continent without paying the re-ticketing fee, right? For example, I can't stay in CNS longer if I wanted to, unless I want to pay to reissue the ticket.

I plan to leave all other segments open so I can change the date without incurring the change fee. For example, once I get into HK, I will just call a day or two before to get the next flight.

Is my understanding of the rules correct?

Thanks.

[This message has been edited by alex_tdi (edited Jan 12, 2004).]