Originally Posted by
Gardyloo
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.
I learn something new every day. I had thought the established tariff for my ex-AMM AONE4 was in USD ($10018), but I guess it was actually in JOD since that is what the AA RTW desk came back with when I purchased it a month ago. I guess that makes sense since that is RJ's home country. Based on that assumption (my bad) I thought an AONE3 ex-TLV would be the same. Bad assumption on my part.
Gardyloo, you're right, on my AA purchased AONE4 I also had YQ of around $700 for 3 flights on BA; DXB-LHR, LAX-LHR, and LHR-FCO.
While it won't help me now, can one avoid the YQ by ticketing through CX? FWIW, I have absolutely no experience ticketing with CX.
From anecdotal evidence as a result of reading these threads, QF adds fuel fines of its own so not a good choice to the best of my knowledge.