Originally Posted by
UserMark
If the 2 different flights have the availability by themselves, but not when married, then you can just put them in 2 separate locators. If this is allowed.
It's not a question of being allowed or prohibited, it's a matter of how the GDS and airline systems are implemented. An itinerary, such as an RTW, is constructed in one record/PNR/locator. Additional PNRs are often created automatically for other airlines, but these are subsets of the prime PNR, and they are limited-changes PNRs. You can't create multiple PNRs and then combine them into one ticket, there is no mechanism for that.
Originally Posted by
christep
I'm a bit out of touch here, but can't a good Travel Agent deal with all of this? In the (distant) past I have had OWEs with many different PNRs.
As mentioned, there are often multiple PNRs for one RTW, but only one is the prime or master PNR. That's the one that contains all flights, and that's the one used to issue the ticket. Additional PNRs are automatically created for operational reasons to allow other airlines to see and manage their own flights (e.g., seat assignments).
Originally Posted by
serfty
You can have multiple segments (or none) in one ticket.
You can have multiple tickets (or none) in one PNR.
A good TA will know how to use these things ...
Yes, but none of this is a way around married-segment issues. You can't combine separate PNRs and issue one ticket out of all of them. There is no way to do it. You can of course issue multiple tickets out of one PNR, but that does not provide a way around married segments.