Originally Posted by
dragonman
So what happened next?
Well 2 weeks out I decided that staying in Egypt for 10 days was not such a good idea. So I call the RTW desk to change the dates, so I get a weekend in Cairo. But now those direct flights in the USA are no longer direct. Which means now I have 18 segments, but through no fault of my own. The booking subsequently cannot be re-ticketed.
The advice from the RTW desk is fly the segments up until I get to the states. There will then be less than 16 remaining and get it re-ticketed then. Does that sound alright to the experts on this board?
Yes.
One of the last LONE4s I had (before I changed to combined DAS13 + DONE3) was booked as 16 sectors. The last sector was to be NRT-MEL. A few weeks after it was ticketed, QF cancelled NRT-MEL, and I was rerouted NRT-SYD-MEL and got a 17th sector. It was reissued on paper.
Part way through the trip, there were political issues starting in Thailand which lead to riots in BKK - one of my asian stops. It was to be AU-US-EU-LHR-BKK-SIN-JP. By the time I reached Spain, a dozen governments had issued travel warnings for Thailand and half the members of oneworld had wavers in place.
I had the ticket changed to skip the BKK stop and go right to SIN from LHR. Remaining flights were reissued to an e-ticket and I was told to keep the remaining paper coupons to give to the travel agent upon return. (of course BA still insisting on taking the paper coupon even though it wasn't valid anymore)