Originally Posted by
hanni
My itinerary is: Toulouse (France)-London-hkg-syd-hba-syd-noumea//ppt-ipc-scl-Iquique-La Paz-Lima-lax-den-lon-tls
Any suggestions through which airlines I should book?
I would like to do hkg-akl-syd if available the days I would like to fly, that would be 5 sectors in South Pacific, so I would have to pay for one extra sector. Would I be able to do 17 sectors total in this case? Or do I have to stick to 16 sectors and take Denver out?
You can only book a total of 16 sectors. The only way to do more then that is if you have 16 booked and something changes which requires the airline to add the 17th sector.
(eg having NRT-MEL as the last flight on a 16 sector trip only to have QF cancel the flight after ticketing and QF then rerouting as NRT-SYD-MEL)
Having TLS-LHR as the first flight will have BA ticket if using the online tool (unless you can book a codeshare). Booking through BA will add a lot of extra charges to the tax/fees part of the fare. Booking with AA will be cheaper with fuel surcharges. However AA has been known to not want to ticket oneworld tickets if they don't have an AA coded flight on a long haul sector.
Which airlines operate your planned long haul flights.