Originally Posted by
Calchas
I really don't understand how this level of incompetence exists ... a fare booking into a non-prime class on some sectors is hardly unusual. Is it just that everything is autopriced these days so no one ever does it by hand?
The AA RTW desk does not autoprice. The agents are supposed to know the rules and create valid itineraries which are then sent to an offshore desk for pricing. Many TAs don't autoprice RTWs either, sending them to the rate desk of the first carrier.
In your example, my guess is that agents are used to booking RTWs in the usual booking inventory (A, D, L for the most part).