Originally Posted by
headinclouds
Following up on JonNYC's question, why not book a simple DONEx using CX as the 1st carrier using the online tool? Fly the 1st segment, then redo the itinerary as you want it. Or is there a problem with CX and the online tool?
If one only wants AFRICA-ASIA-USA-EUROPE-AFRICA routing, then all of those restrictions related to travel between Europe and Middle East do not apply. Except the 2 flights ex-UK. Correct?
Would be curious as to the answer to both of these questions as well.
I gather a large part of this is people-- quite understandably--
very much wanting to fly QR out of Africa as opposed to BA or CX?
Originally Posted by
anabolism
I don't think there's any new reason this is more difficult than it used to be. The the one time I had a RTW fare booked by someone else and reworked by the AA RTW desk, the only problem was that the Sabre PNR didn't have all the flights (since the original booking agent didn't use Sabre), so the AA agent had to long sell them based on what was in the ticket coupons, and one of the AA RTW supervisors objected to that.
This is definitely my main question-- and thanks very much for your input-- is there anything I'm "missing" in this in terms of, using headinclouds' example; fly Africa-Asia-N.america, land in US, have AA RTW completely rework the remainder of the ticket? I -feel- like there's some trepidation in the threads I've been reading through, or maybe it's simply a desire to not deal with re-issues down the line. But I always found them kind of "fun" believe it or not.
Originally Posted by
anabolism
...Yes, although the friend might have to call AA S.A. on your behalf.
That would be very easy as well. Although noting strikes me as quite as easy as using the on-line tool-- even given all it's limitations, etc.