Originally Posted by
t1nt1n
Question about pricing:
I always thought that there was some difficulty with pricing the cheaper xONEx tickets when one doesn't actually live in the starting country. I remember there's some talk how travel agents from Canada are exempted from this rule so we need to use a Canadian travel agent if we wanted to book an xONEx with the fare of the starting country (which is cheaper than the fare if started from one's residence).
Is this not the case anymore?
The Canadian exemption was recently removed (as of the re-issued fare rules on 1-Nov-2012)
So the remaining options for getting the lower, point of origin, fare are:
- use the online tool
- get the ticket issued by a travel agent/airline office in the country of origin
Unfortunately the online tool has many bugs and also disallows some itineraries that are in fact valid - but it can work for simple itineraries
Some have reported getting a simple itinerary ticketed using the tool and then later paying the USD125 change fee to get the ticket the way they wanted it in the first place.
For ticketing an ex-South Africa itinerary, some make use of the AA GSA there. Same for ex-Egypt.