Originally Posted by
Adam Smith
I don't think the OP is asking about rewards, but about
*A's RTW fares.
I'm sure we have a thread on this somewhere...
This one is 20 years old and not at all useful. If anyone remembers it, let me know.
[MENTION=890109]RJBP[/MENTION], I tried to do this in early 2020, and to call it a frigging nightmare would be an understatement of epic proportions. A couple of TAs I talked to had little to no experience. The people at AC seemed to have no idea what they were doing. And trying to figure out availability was absolutely ridiculous. I gave up and booked myself an AC TATL round trip and an SQ ticket from Europe to Asia, with free SIN stopover. I also used Aeroplan and cash to book a few intra-Europe things. Didn't get as many cool destinations, but it was so much easier and cheaper.
I agree! I'm a travel agent, and I've worked for an airline. In both roles, it is just not something we run into frequently enough. For a travel agency, there are rules provided for booking procedures; then, we send it to the airline for pricing. The process was similar when I worked for a major airline; we built the itinerary and waited approximately 48 hours for the ticket team to store the fare to be issued. My recommendation is to use an airline consolidator. They do these daily and know all of the ins and outs of RTW fares.