Originally Posted by
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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.
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.
Yes, can select usually. People confuse default ticketing carrier and selected ticketing carrier all the time.
Yes, if you have all your flights and dates a GDS should easily autoprice.. I haven't had one that wouldn't. Advice otherwise is usually (decades) out of date.
Carriers do have rates desks that a TA can queue to in the GDS to price these though, since there are RTW situations like open segments that make autopricing fail.
RTWs are usually as easy as anything else to ticket, but I don't like them because I don't trust myself to know the rules well enough to help someone take full advantage of them.
Be vigilant with consolidators mentioned upthread. Many of them tack on fees for everything.