Originally Posted by
JohnAx
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If you snag such a deal and the rate desk of the airline doing the booking agrees with the fare, be aware that if you ever make a chargeable change to the ticket the AA rate desk (at least, but it seems to be stated in the rules) will recompute the ticket price in its entirety (using historic pricing as necessary) and may then catch the error.
My experience does not match this:
- October 2012, bought 2 DONE4s ex-KRT @ ~USD4000 each
- November 2012 the base fare price increased from SDG14700 (~USD2500) to something more 'usual' (and quoted in USD)
- In April 2013 we took the first few flights on the ticket
- In May 2013 I phoned the AA RTW desk and made wholesale changes to the remainder of the ticket, for which we paid the USD125 change fee plus the adjusted taxes. NO mention of paying the 'correct' price
AFAIK the fares being discussed in this thread (and I'm pretty sure of the starting point) are not 'mistake' fares. They are good - for premium cabins they are a lower than ex-South Africa (however for economy they are a little higher)
The problem is they cannot be booked using the on-line tool, because of the first carrier