Originally Posted by
justin1123
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.
My recent experiences with AA RTW desk have been very mixed. One might guess that some experienced hands have retired and for the rest perhaps the transition to US Air ownership has brought with it some low-level turbulence.
If you know how to use the ITA tool you can enter your trip into the multi-city page and see what fuel fines and taxes are being imposed for each segment. I think 6 segments are the most allowed so you'll need to do several pieces and have to be careful not to invoke a departure tax for a city that in your real trip would be a transit. (The OW on-line tool may give you that too, but I haven't used it.)