Originally Posted by
tkelvin69
I went to the OW RTW site and constructed an itinerary that showed a price. I went to the final page to see if it would be able to be paid online at which time it was pushed to BA as the first segment is on BA. I only found this out when BA sent me an email about a schedule change. I did not pay for or enter credit card information . After a couple attempts at contacting BA reservations (U.S. number) I couldn't receive any information about if this was a hold and for how long but only that they would need to investigate about a "change fee" and could not/would not cancel the reservation. My preference is to use the AA RTW desk and make changes before purchase. This trip also populated in my trips on my AA account which I would like to go away to prevent future issues.
My questions: Will this automatically expire and I can construct a new intinerary? Any need to be concerned BA wants to collect a fee?
Funny, that's the opposite problem to what most people using the site have!
As long as you have not provided a credit card, I'm sure the itinerary will be cancelled after a few days. You might go to TripCase, select "Link," enter your name and the AA PNR that shows on aa.com, and then "Link." That should let you see the full PNR (which you can't do with an AA-created itinerary). In there it should show the status and expiration date. You can also go to CheckMyTrip and enter the BA PNR, which should show you the same information.
What I'd suggest, since you haven't yet paid for it and it hasn't yet been ticketed, is that you simply call the AA RTW desk, provide the AA PNR, and proceed from there. They should be able to take it over, make any changes, and ticket it. An advantage of having AA take over and ticket the existing PNR is that you can link it into TripCase, which provides a lot of detail that isn't otherwise available, and is something AA prevents with itineraries that they create. The other option is that AA could re-create the itinerary and cancel the existing one, but that seems less desirable as well as more work.