Oh wise travelers. I have been flying five (5) RTW trips a year - AONE4. Today I got the following note from my travel agent.

So, I issued the ticket yesterday and then noticed a very unusual comment from BA in the remarks, stating the ticket had to be issued 25 days before departure, and I was at the 23 day mark. I called BA and was told the AONE4 is a 7 day advance purchase, so I let it go for the time being.

Today I called BA 3 times and got no satisfactory answer to my question ….. What is the advance purchase requirements for the AONE4 RTW fare? In fact, 3 different departments could give me no answer whatsoever. So, I called American Airlines RTW desk who is the most reliable of the One World RTW resources. Oddly, they said the advance ticketing requirements changed several months ago, and tickets must be issued with 3 days of making the reservation, regardless of how far in advance reservations are made. I greatly questioned that statement, but they were emphatic.

Finally, I got someone at BA who did also state the 7 day advance purchase rule. I discussed the remark in the PNR with the 25 day advance purchase restriction and he researched it further. He came back and said if a reservation is created 29 days or more before departure, it must be issued 25 days before departure.

Anyone have any idea what is going on?