Originally Posted by
henry999
It is well known here that the online RTW tool will not allow an itinerary originating with a QR flight. But has anyone ever got the alternative method suggested in the note quoted by danger above to work?
Is the inability to book through QR by using the tool only a bug / failure / limitation of the tool or is there something else going on?
The word is that Norway is the cheapest place in Europe to book a DONEx so that's what I'm trying to do. I want to start with OSL-DOH. Today when I was playing with the tool it gave me the following error message:
> 280: The carrier selected for your first flight cannot issue tickets in this country.
> You must change your airline selection or change your itinerary to remove this carrier
> from your first segment.
Is this new? Doesn't it contradict the previous advice (i.e., 'to start on QR, contact your TA or QR')? Or, is it merely another error coming from the error-filled tool? Obviously QR can issue tickets in Norway. But is there some reason why they cannot issue xONEx tickets?
I think you'll find lots of people have booked an xONEx with QR as the first carrier, myself included. My current DONE5 is ex-Maputo on QR and it was booked with Qantas.
You shouldn't have any issues using a travel agent or a oneworld airline (although you'll have to chose your airline carefully as most can't do it properly or want to do it at all). The fact you're having issues with using the tool to book with Qatar is, unfortunately, not remotely surprising. However, there may be some prohibition on Qatar issuing tickets in Norway but I would find that odd.