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Old Aug 22, 2004 | 10:40 am
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jonnny
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Trying to understand - dated/open dated tickets

Hi,

I have gone through several back threads to try and understand what is the best option when purchasing a DONE4 ex WAW - whether to book my dates or leave some/all (bar first int) segments open.

Unfortunately, I am now more confused than before as first I thought it would be best to book all dates in dummy dates as at least I would have seats though I have read problems when trying to change dates and mixups with different PNRs. With open dated I have read problems with some airlines not wanting to except other airlines tkts (as you can see very confusing)

Could someone please advice a confused first-time DONE4 purchaser. I will be flying BA/LA/QF/CX - I will need to change dates quite often and maybe make a route change along the way.

What would you recommend open dated or dummy dates? - could you also list potential problems with each system and remedies?

Thanks again

J
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