Originally Posted by
jonnny
I did notice that on the oneworld online booking tool taxes come to $1,100. I am hoping that booking through AA will lower these costs.
J
Originally Posted by
aaupgrade
It should. Call them up and have them book it. After they book it, then they submit it to ticketing and will have a price for you a few hours later or the next day. The price quote will be in ILS.
When you have them on the phone ask about payment, whether you can do it on the phone or need to go downtown. If you do it on the phone you will need a Israeli bank issued CC and address. If you don't have that, then I wouldn't even ask and just have them set up the ticket for purchase at the Tel Aviv AA GSA noted in my previous post.
The established tariff for xONEx fares ex-Israel is in USD, not ILS. So if you buy it through TAL (which is a great outfit) it will still go to AA's rates people (who are no longer in Ireland, I believe) where it will be priced in USD. And unfortunately AA now seems to be passing through BA fuel fines even when AA issues the ticket.
In addition, I'd try to book at least one over-water segment to/from the USA (thus LHR-LAS or HNL-NRT) using the AA code as an incentive to AA to issue the ticket.