Ms. Sobhi did indeed quickly and positively reply to my inquiry about ticketing rtw. If anyone wants to explore that route, she can be reached at Nabila.Sobhi@(you know)airways.com. My impression was that she's most anxious to generate some rtw revenue for her station. Gotta justify that computer, perhaps.

Anying going forward may wish to be reminded that BA has, in the case of one traveler's WAW origination, been willing to hand over the tickets in London, for a gbp 26 fee.