Originally Posted by
jsloan
1 - Maybe? If you can, you might not like the way it prices out. The RTW fares are pretty liberal in terms of combinations, and allow side trips with no restrictions. The problem is going to be finding a fare to cover MEL-SYD that UA can plate. This might require full Y (around USD$550). Basically, MEL-SYD would have to be counted as an embedded surface sector on the RTW fare and then as a one-way side-trip on the QF fare. And that assumes that you can get UA to sell you the ticket in the first place; they're not always keen to sell random non-*A flights.
2 - I don't see anything in the fare rules that would prohibit it from being on the same ticket, but that doesn't mean UA would sell it that way. Whether or not QF would interline across separate tickets is up to them.
Are you reading the same RTW fare rules I am? YRWSTAR1 (for example LAX-LAX) looks like it isn't combinable with much of anything at all:
Code:
10.COMBINATIONS
SINGLE/DOUBLE OPEN JAWS/ROUND TRIPS/CIRCLE TRIPS NOT
PERMITTED.
END-ON-END
END-ON-END COMBINATIONS NOT PERMITTED. VALIDATE ALL
FARE COMPONENTS. SIDE TRIPS NOT PERMITTED.
END-ON-END NOTE -
ONE OF EACH OF AFRICA/ASIA/CHINA/EUROPE/AND
NORTH AMERICA/STAR ALLIANCE AIRPASS MAY BE ISSUED
ON A SEPARATE TICKET IN CONNECTION WITH A STAR
ALLIANCE RTW TICKET.
As such, with those fare rules, basically anything that isn't on the RTW fare would need to be on a separate ticket. You could theoretically have multiple tickets in the same PNR to make interlining bags across multiple tickets easier, but doing so tends to confuse agents and makes everything else about the itinerary harder to manage.
Ultimately, I think your life is going to be a lot easier if you just accept the LAX transfer.