Originally Posted by umguy
Just a quick question about RTW reissues. My ticket was originally purchased towards the end of the year last year. When I had it reissued once they didn't change the stamp to show that it had to be used by the date I purchased it on last year. So now it has an april expiration date. Did I get a way with a few extra months to use my ticket?
I had a similar situation in which QF reissued a OWE (originally ticketed by AA)four months after the initial flight. QF put an expiration date of 12 months from the date of reissue, thereby extending the ticket by four months. I talked with a good friend at AA on my chances of using the ticket beyond its original expiration date. The answer: If any of the flight segments booked beyond the correct expiration date required a reissue then AA at least, would almost certainly catch the error. Since the reissue reconstructs the ticket from its first flight, its a very easy error to catch. If however, you are booking reservations beyond the correct expiration date on open segments which would not require a reissue then who knows?
Based on this advice, and a willingness to abide by the rules anyway, I certainly made no attempt to use the ticket outside its legal validity window.