Originally Posted by
pandaperth
I like these ex-MPM tickets so much that this week I have bought two of them
One will start in September and the other in June next year.
The first one I bought through a travel agent in Australia (see post #48 in this thread -
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/onewo...periences.html)
The second I bought direct from AA by phoning its ATW desk in Dallas - see post #59)
You say you're getting an error message - are you using the online tool to try and book? Don't! The tool cannot sell you a ticket with Qatar Airways as the first carrier, and also it cannot handle the new backtracking rules which came into effect in May.
Your itinerary will have to start with MPM-DOH because that is the only Oneworld flight out of Mozambique. At the end you must return to Africa - but you are not required to return to Mozambique. I think most people are finishing in JNB, though on my second ticket I am ending in DKR
Feel free to post your proposed itinerary in this forum and I'm sure you will get many helpful comments
Thank you so much Pandaperth! This is so helpful! It sounds like you've had success with AA, so I will give them a call.
As others had posted, I thought that you had to return to your departure city, so that is really helpful.
Yes- I was using the online tool to figure out how everything worked and then, of course, I was trying to see how the MPM priced out.
As far as itinerary goes, here are my thoughts...keeping in mind that I just started looking at all of this this week:
MPM - manila- singapore-sydney- LAX (this is home, so I would stay a few months before taking off on part 2) from here either Buenos Aires or straight to Paris (a couple of months in Europe and maybe fly back to California on miles) pick back up in Paris and then end in MPM or JNB.
Do people ever do it like this or do they do the entire trip at once?
Based on the thread you directed me to, it sounds like the great fare may be gone soon. But, if I have understood correctly, It is not too difficult to make changes if I want to lock in that fare now and tweak it later?