Originally Posted by
noirvie
Alternatively, since I'm not familiar with it, under what circumstances can I have another carrier to take over the ticket? Are they going to be happy to do so, will the notes in the booking (QF are quoting 'the ticketing desk has already noted this in the booking' as though it's final) cause problems at another carrier, and so on?
In theory, any OneWorld airline can take over the ticket. In practice, some are much more willing to do so than others, and it certainly helps if they have flights in the ticket. AA RTW desk is quite good, but they won't touch an ex-CAI ticket that was issued after they pulled the fare. Other reports are that CX did a nice job in person at HKG, although it took quite a few hours (the poster had an 8-hour transit).
Originally Posted by
wandering_fred
The possibilities of changes to a exCAI xONEx are becoming interesting.
1. The AA schedule changes when matched with separate bookings (mixture of award and paid) for one's partner.
2. QR insisting that if it flies the intercontinental routes, they won't ticket someone else.
I finally resolved the trans-Pacific schedule mis-connect with the help of the AA RTW desk (though only because we both mis-connected). But kudos to the person manning the RTW phone line for the interest in resolving it with the AA award area (though I had to find the QF award flights domestically)
Now if I could just get another airline to re-issue rather than saying QR must make the changes.
I assume this was issued after AA pulled the fare? AA RTW told me that's why they couldn't take over my ex-CAI ticket. Can your original ticketing airline make the date/time changes?