Originally Posted by
SDandi
Do people ever do it like this or do they do the entire trip at once?
Lots of people do that sort of thing when starting elsewhere other then home. I haven't, simply because I have a limit to the length of time I get get off work in any one go and can't plan ahead into the next year.
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?
Based on the comments from the AA RTW agents posted in the forum, the MPM fare has been passed up to someone for review.
They generally do fare changes when they do rule changes, typically in the first week of a month.
They are very likely to change the fare people have been booking recently. Such a change is likely to happen either next week or during the first week of September.
If you were to lock in that fare now, then make changes to it later, don't make changes until after the first flight has been used. If you do so after ticketing, but before departure, they are likely to reprice the entire thing, while doing it later should only cost the 125USD change fee, any admin fee that airline might want to charge and any increase to taxes.