Originally Posted by
Unterwegs
One potential problem to watch out for with open dated tickets from my expereince:
If you have an open dated coupon A to B and oneworld airlines stop flying A to B you need to reroute (and pay the fee for this).
Same if you have a coupon with a date, want to change and no airline is flying that sector (any more)
If you have a dated coupon and because of a schedule change nobody is flying any more you are protected.
I'm a little puzzled -- are you saying that dated or open doesn't matter, if an airline stops flying one must pay the reroute fee and any fare increase, but with a dated coupon you're protected from schedule changes? From the rest of your pot I thought you were saying the opposite, that dated coupons provide protection, but the bolded text says it's the same either way.
Originally Posted by
JohnAx
I'm surprised at the 'no charge for date changes' comments - I haven't flown xONEx for several years but before that was active for a decade or so, over which period the airlines (all?) went from smiling at the valued first-class passenger - all but having full bar service at the check-in counter - to considering us as leeches. Never a charge for a date change, but they all seemed to want around USD150 as a "standing in front of my counter" charge. At least once AA refused to sticker a paper coupon for a simple date change and charged for a 'ticket reissue' fee.
How long ago was this? Years ago, AA had no charges at all for issuing tickets, but more recently started charging everyone except executive platinum members a fee. It doesn't matter if you're buying a $98 fare or a $12,000 one, or a free (award) ticket.
Originally Posted by
Gardyloo
In my experience these tickets are so rarely seen at most stations that they fall into some sort of "OMG" category with the airline people.
In my limited experience with recent paper tickets they've been no problem. Last year I was issued one by accident and went to the airport to exchange it for an e-ticket well in advance of my trip (just to make it easier if anything needed to be changed) and it was no problem.
Originally Posted by
Gardyloo
Getting nickeled and dimed on premium RTW tickets costing thousands of dollars/pounds really sucks, but if one has the mind set of airline accountants, we're soft targets. Who're you gonna complain to?
The other way to look at it is that some RTW fares are still excellent bargains (not ex-US, sadly) so who cares about a $35 fee or whatever for (re)issuing a ticket?
Originally Posted by
pandaperth
Been a bit obsessive about the ex-KRT prices lately, and just did my regular check of the DONE4 price using KVS
I inadvertently left the airline as QF (from some earlier query)
Gulp: DONE4 showing as SDG44,123 (up from SDG14,700)
Checked all eleven OW airlines
QF, S7 and CX showing SDG44,123
All the others showing SDG14,700 still
Anyone else seeing this?
Does it mean the party is coming to an end?
Well, EF still has the same fare:
Results from ExpertFlyer.com
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Fare Information Search:
Departing KRT on 11/01/12 for KRT
Flying AA
Viewing in currency USD
Validated Results
Fare Basis Airline Booking Trip Type Fare Cabin Effective Expiration Min/Max Advanced
Class Date Date Stay Purchase Req
DONE3 AA D Round-Trip 2877.00 (USD) B 10 / 12M
DGLOB34 AA D Round-Trip 3330.00 (USD) B 10 / 12M
DONE4 AA D Round-Trip 3330.00 (USD) B 10 / 12M
DONE5 AA D Round-Trip 3918.00 (USD) B 10 / 12M
AONE3 AA A Round-Trip 4032.00 (USD) F 10 / 12M
DONE6 AA D Round-Trip 4439.00 (USD) B 10 / 12M
AGLOB34 AA A Round-Trip 4621.00 (USD) F 10 / 12M
AONE4 AA A Round-Trip 4621.00 (USD) F 10 / 12M
AONE5 AA A Round-Trip 5413.00 (USD) F 10 / 12M
AONE6 AA A Round-Trip 6002.00 (USD) F 10 / 12M