Originally Posted by
lycidas
Thanks, pandaperth. I'm starting from JNB, which is really the classic origin, isn't it? Also, the ZAR is currently as weak as it ever was to the AUD - there's $200-250 in savings between the fare this time last month - so it's a good time to buy. With Iberia codeshare from MRU-LGW-TFS, the Oneworld website quoted me DONE4 at about AUD$7,200 (70,000 ZAR). The AA desk wouldn't book me on the IB codeshare (only BA), so I'll find out later today what taxes will look like. ...
FWIW I booked my present AONE4 directly with the AA agency in Capetown. They seemed (arguably) more capable than some of the current agents at the DFW RTW desk, including doing the fare calculation themselves after the rate desk hadn't done the job after three days. (In about half an hour, and accurately afaik.) They take c/c's over the phone with no fuss.
If you enter a short multicity one-way route into
matrix.itasoftware.com and specify the carrier as AA+ you'll see if the codeshare is allowed (and the taxes and fees for the flight you tick). It's not someone being snotty - allowed codeshares are in the rules. For example for JNB-LHR to be allowed as AA codeshare the ticket must continue beyond London on AA.