Originally Posted by
Larssparholt
Here's my question: Am I allowed to fly straight from CPH to DOH on a seperately bought ticket and thereby voluntarily "miss" the flight from CAI to DOH on the rtw-ticket?
Absolutely not. As with any airline ticket, you must use your ticket in the correct order, or your ticket will be cancelled.
No showing will result in a 125 USD penalty, then there is a change fee of 125 USD, and since you want to change the ticketed points of your ticket, the entire ticket would be recalculated to your new start point, Doha. You will be asked to pay the fare difference between starting at CAI and starting at DOH. Even if you are willing to do this, it could take a day or two before the ticket was recalculated by the back office. It just isn't worth it.
It is dimly possible that due to an IT bug between the airlines, your ticket would survive your no show (or at least survive for a while, before being cancelled when you got somewhere else). I wouldn't recommend risking it, unless you can afford to buy a new ticket anyway.
Originally Posted by
Larssparholt
The reason I ask is that it is both easier (fewer fligthts and less traveltime), and cheaper for me, than arranging a flight from CPH to CAI (over IST), only to transit immediately and continue to DOH over AMM.
The reasons you give are exactly the reasons why there are different prices for round the world tickets originating from different places. You are buying a RTW product originating in CAI. If you want to buy a RTW product originating elsewhere, you will have to pay the local price for it.
Originally Posted by
Larssparholt
-Or is there an even smarter way of doing it?
Enjoy CAI. JNB is also cheap.
Originally Posted by
Larssparholt
2. As far as I can tell, if I start in CAI (and my first stop is DOH), Royal Jordanian seems to be my "ticket issuer" as far as I can tell. Is that a decent choice? -Or would I be better off with BA/someone else regarding customer service etc?
Any OW airline can issue your ticket. AA or CX seem to be the preferred choice.