Originally Posted by
jerry a. laska
If you are talking about booking a oneworld explorer ticket, have you tried to book thru the AA RTW desk? The fact the first segment is on another airline does not foreclose AA from issuing the ticket and the AA RTW desk is usually a joy to work with.
I tried the AA desk, and they could only book 330 days in advance. All the flights I'm looking at are available from other OW partners. One of the flights I want is A5, and I'm trying to book for 5 people so I'd like to get this done ASAP. The AA rep also said that they would need to look for "American space" on the first flight. I asked if she was referring to American codeshares, and she said "no, just American space." I'm not sure what that refers to.
Originally Posted by anabolism
What fare basis and base fare did Cathay quote you? If your routing complies with Circle Pacific rules, then it should qualify as xCIRxx rather than xONEx or xGLOBxx. You might reply back by email to confirm that it is priced as desired (e.g., using DCIR22). You could also call AA, but they will likely want one or more over the water flights booked as AA codes, which you might or might not be happy about.
I'm looking to make 2 bookings for 2 groups of passengers, 1 group on ACIR22 and 1 group on AONE3. I received an e-mail from CX that said my AIRC22 routing wasn't a valid RTW routing (obviously). I'm not sure they were aware of Circle Pacific. I received a call last night from CX but I was sleeping and missed it. It is a bit annoying I can't call at my own convenience. I imagine they will be especially hard to reach now with HKIA closed.