Originally Posted by
zoombee
I believe you best bet is still AA. Certainly I'm getting charged plenty less on top of the base fare for an ex South Africa itin compared with the online tool (which I imagine was ticketing via BA).
TO find out actual taxes AA will charge I think you'll just need to call the RTW desk and get it priced.
Just got a few different options for a LONE4 priced up with AA and I am seeing massive differences over what they were around 1 year ago! For a 16 segment mixed carrier (AA/BA/RJ/MH/CX) ticket I am getting taxes and fess almost the same as the ticket price! This is crazy, when previously you could get total charges less than 500 gbp.
So, that brings the question, how to get around this?!
I see from comments here that people still agree AA is better than other carriers for ticketing, as have I. No-one has better experience, perhaps with the new OW members?
Regarding specific airlines, it seems that MH and AA intercon are bad. Has anyone worked out which others have high charges for short or for long haul? No matter which carriers I choose, these seem to remain now.