Originally Posted by
Adam Smith
If you could share some details of the problems you've encountered, we might be able to provide better insight.
No, it's not. From the *A RTW people from 2020: "The Star Alliance RTW fares are eligible for ticketing on any of the 26 airlines’ ticket stock as the same fares are filed under their code. "
Again, that's not correct. AC was going to ticket an itinerary for me that had NZ as the first operator crossing from one zone to another.
Also from the *A fare people, sent to one of the TAs about how to ticket this on AC stock:
Often travel agents specify/override the ticketing carrier.
Code:
Amadeus
Pricing: FXX/S2RW/R,VC-AC,YYC.YYC
Ticket issuance: TTP/V*AC
Sabre
Pricing: WPRW¥AAC
Ticket issuance: W¥FCASH¥AAC
I guess what I would mean is that it is true that any carrier can plate but going through BSP and TA then the GDS will plate automatically using first carrier to cross the zone . . maybe that is not true and the agency can pick any . . as the price is the same for all carriers and it is published by all of them. I would then want to plate on 014 all the time to get my SQD to get full credit.
Originally Posted by
bwptravel
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.
RTW itineraries for valid routings within the fare rules should autoprice in GDS without special checks- - I have done 3 of these and 2 through TA. I did my homework - listed off the segments and the price was done and ticket issued without going to the carrier to confirm.