In the thread re recent mindpearl contact, cphurley hasn't said whether he ever got ticketed. I had a valid trip with QR as initial carrier, but you have to contact them to ticket. When I did, they told me you absolutely cannot touch a continent twice, ever. I sent them the rules and the valid trip per ow. I am still waiting to hear from Qatar's reconsideration agent after their saying they'd get back to me in 24-48 hours. Somehow I doubt it's the Thanksgiving holiday slowing them down; I get the feeling they just don't want to ticket any of these fares.
So I went back to the online tool, and as suggested, changed my first flight to CPT-JNB to see if BA would ticket. I got an error message, not "call the local office to ticket", no PNR, just "choose new flights or new fare". So I did change up a little thinking maybe MLE-HKG was the problem (no direct flight). Same message from the oneworld tool.

So today I hear from, of all places, Award Wallet that I have a new itinerary. (No word from Tripit). There is a pnr attached. I searched my email and have no correspondence from BA or QR. The itin has all flight numbers removed but is the original itinerary I tried to price with the ow tool on Nov 25 with CPT-DOH as first flight. I suppose it's expired? Anyone have an idea where this came from, how Award Wallet got the news?
My plan is to email QR with PNR and ask to pay. Will report.....