Originally Posted by
AndyChesh
OG - once again I cannot thank you enough for your help! So it sounds like I'm pretty flexible on changes, as long as I don't have to change the route. I'm assuming I can just contact the relevant airlines once the ticket is purchased? I'm feeling pretty confident about my itinery and looking to book soon - any other advice/considerations you think I should take into account?
Some (many ?) people on FT prefer to make changes to xONEx or xCIRCxx tickets through the selling airline. For example, I have been purchasing these ticket types from AA by working out what I want, phoning the AA RTW desk in the US and they make the reservations and validate the routing (stopovers, mileage, other rules etc), then contacting the AA regional office that has a competitive price (and the place where I'm starting) to give a CC number and its then tickets are issued. If I need to make changes (preferably after flying the first sector), I contact the AA RTW desk (same as per the initial reservations) and tell them what my new flight is - and usually within about 15 minutes, its all done (so long as they can see availability and the rules for ticket validity are adhered to). There have been reports of problems with rebooking flights with other airlines, but some have had no problems.
Make sure you carry printed documents showing the itinerary, booking reference and ticket numbers.