Originally Posted by
ajnaro
On the phone, AA says that the only charge will be USD 125.00. At least according to the AAgent I spoke to, changes in fares that have occurred since I bought the ticket are not relevant.
The agent is almost right
- once you have started then price changes are not relevant
- to re-route, as you want to, will incur the USD125 change fee
- AA does not charge a service fee (which it is entitled to do and which other airlines do charge)
- you are entitled to a refund of the taxes and charges for the segments which you will no longer fly, due to the re-routing
- you are required to pay the taxes and charges for the segments you will now fly, due to the re-routing
- so you might pay more, or you might get a refund depending on the changes you make
The idea is to get from Rio de Janeiro to the Middle East using four segments. The point of arrival in the Middle East should be a good place for getting a new rtw.
I believe that Jordan is still a good place to start a DONEx, and Egypt is cheaper again, and Yemen
is the cheapest.
You can get to Cairo from Spain (MAD and perhaps BCN), LHR or AMM (but you cannot travel through your point of origin). Yemen will only be reachable via AMM so that will not be allowed.
So - to get from GIG to CAI or AMM in 4 or fewer segments:
- GIG-MAD-CAI/AMM
- GIG-xJFK-AMM
- GIG-xJFK/MIA/DFW-MAD/LHR/...-CAI/AMM
- GIG-MAD-DME-AMM
- GIG-MAD-DME-LHR-CAI
etc
(have you had your two allowed European stopovers?)
(you said you can transit Nth America - so I presume you have been there already on your ticket)