Originally Posted by
wyddfa
Have taken the plunge and bought 2 LONE4 tickets. Just retired - so 2016 is one big trip. But I have a few Q's for the experts who live here.
Route is:
0 MAN- LHR - NOT on the RTW tkt
1. LHR - EZE Mid Jan (BA)
2 surface
3. PUQ - MPN
4. MPN - PUQ
5. PUQ - SCL
6. SCL - AKL
7. AKL - BNE
8. BNE - DRW
9. surface - the Gan
10. ADE - BNE
11. BNE - HKG
then home to the UK for summer. Going home HKG-CNX-BKK-LHR-MAN.
Back to HKG in Sep - as yet not booked. (looking for a cheap flight back)
12. HKG - DEL
13 DEL - KUL
14 KUL - NRT
15 NRT - DOH
16. DOH - MAN home for Xmas
Would appreciate comments in general and answers in particular to
1. Date Changes. Who do I contact to switch? BA (they sold me the tkt and am EC member) or the airline concerned eg LAN for the S American legs?? Can I simply turn up at the airport and ask to be put on next flight if L allocation within Y cabin has seats free??
2. I live near Chester hence the MAN start. I have a separate booking MAN - LHR on BA due at LHR at 15:00 to connect with the first leg - BA's EZE departure at c. 22:00. Given the possibility of bad weather in Jan and LHR's capacity issues am I in deep trouble if the MAN flight is seriously delayed or cancelled? Would have no problem being rebooked to EZE if the MAN flight is cancelled and turning up in Argentina day or so late but could I be "no showed" and have entire RTW tkt cancelled??
3. I need 2 one ways to HKG in mid/late Sep. Can be flexible with dates and happy to bag a stop over anywhere from HEL to CMB - I would prefer to do most of the distance on a OW carrier. Any ideas for a cheap but fun routing? No not RUH....
4. Do I get enough points to get any worthwhile benefits on OW eg lounge access in future? Am currently blue. Very blue.
Many thanks in advance - I've learned a lot from this forum but clearly not yet enough.
1. BA issued the ticket and you will need to contact their RTW desk to reissue (change) it. Other airlines can take control of the ticket once a sector is flown but it is a bit of a faff and I wouldn't trust most airlines in South America to do it without screwing it up. In principle you can ask for a revalidation to be done at the airport but it may take a few hours if they do it properly (in consultation with BA).
2. No showing is allowed at a 125 USD penalty, so your onward sectors will not be cancelled. BA will probably protect you anyway if you included this kind of (in my view) absurdly generous contingency for a 40 minute flight. I would not expect to pay the no show penalty if BA made me late for a BA flight. I would expect an apology, a hotel room and a rebooking on the next day's service.
3. Why do you need one ways? Just book a return from HKG to MAN (or somewhere cheaper).
4. in L class you will get points for most of your sectors into BAEC but I think you will be short of lounge access.