Originally Posted by
warakorn
Forgive me please if these questions have been asked already.
In 2021 (in case Coronavirus goes away) I am planning to buy a Oneworld Explorer DONE ticket (4 continents).
I have a nice 16-segment routing with 42,281 miles. According to the oneworld tool, this routing seems to be allowed.
Is that routing really legal? ..-LHR-LAX-JFK-DFW-HNL-...
You haven't published your entire routing but these flights appear legal. You cannot return to NA from Hawaii.
Originally Posted by
warakorn
Somewhere I have read that the airline, operating the first segment, must issue the ticket. That would be Finnair.
I don't want Finnair to be the issueing airline, esp. because of their high ticketing service fees (esp. for changing flights). The ability the change the flights/days (not cities) is very important to me.
Can I still buy the Oneworld Explorer ticket with another airline, e.g. AA or BA?
Yes. AA has a round the world desk that is imo quite easy to work with. Booking with BA usually results in higher taxes and surcharges. Some airlines it seems do not want to book these tickets unless they are operating some of the flights (especially long haul) in the itinerary. If you book using the oneworld tool it selects the first carrier for the booking.
Originally Posted by
warakorn
Another question -> I have this routing: ...-HKG(72 hours)-NRT-PVG-HKG(12 hours)-DPS-..
As you can see I plan to travel via HKG twice, which is technically not allowed. However, I was just putting PVG-DPS into the oneworld tool. The tool returned flights via HKG (its the CX hub). However, is it allowed to extend the stay in HKG (the 2nd time) up to 23 hours? The oneworld tool would only return connections with 12, 13, or 14 hours. There are connections bookable on cathaypacific.com with 23 hours (if I search for a one-way ticket PVG-DPS), but the oneworld tool would not show them.
Again you haven't provided your full routing. There is not necessarily anything wrong with stopping over in the same city more than once. There is a limitation on stopovers in your continent of origin. There is the rule that you cannot travel the same city pairs more than once in the same direction but this is not what you are doing.