Originally Posted by
ShortTermParking
Twice my booking was cancelled: once due to expiration (booking wasn't ticketed within 72 hours, so automatic cancellation)
This is exactly why the fare rules require OSI YY OW RTW to be inserted into the PNR to prevent expiry ... does the online tool really not arrange this OSI message??
Originally Posted by
ShortTermParking
and once because flights kept dropping out of the booking. According to one QF agent I spoke with as she was recreating my booking, AA gives them 20 minutes to ticket a flight or they yank the booking. (?!)
I regularly hold AA flights for one or two days usually on BA PNRs so I don't know what QF is doing there?? Maybe it is the lack of a fare quote.
Any suggestions as to who might actually be able to ticket this thing?? I've seen that some FT-ers have had luck with BA's desk in SA, but I don't have any BA flights on the RTW ticket, nor do I have status with BA. I've been planning this trip for a big birthday coming up next year, but the process has really taken some of the joy out of things, and I'm no closer to an actual ticket than I was a month ago, when I started this project.
BA, CX or JL might do it anyway.
Other option is Amex Travel, if you have an Amex-issued Amex card. Their travel agents are actually pretty good at what they do.