Following up on this.

So I decided to call QF and try to piece together the two bookings, One World Explorer and Circle Pacific. After 1.5 hrs on hold, I reached an agent. We tried to piece together and ran into multiple hurdles. I had carefully pieced together the itinerary looking at the fare rules. In assembling both itineraries, we ran into numerous hurdles:

• Agent told me that if it was a First class booking (AONE3), every single segment had to be in first class.
• Agent told me that if I departed from Vancouver, I'd also have to return to Vancouver (rules say last segment can be overland between US/CA)
• Agent told me that I could only go around the world in one direction (starting with transatlantic)

After 6 hours on the phone, the signal dropped and I never received a call back. I was able to retrieve the booking references with all flights by calling both QF and MH.

After multiple hours on hold I finally reached someone today. We only got as far as the AONE3 ticket, and the agent told me it would only price if I returned to Canada. The fare rules clearly state otherwise. I told him forget it, I'm going to try turning the ticket over to a travel agent and see what happens.

Is this level of difficulty normal with RTW and Circle Pacific tickets? I'm surprised that the airlines/agents aren't more familiar with a OneWorld product.