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Old Jan 22, 2023 | 2:25 pm
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ernestnywang
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Originally Posted by anabolism
Awesome! Thank you so much! I think this will be very helpful for many of us as we plan our next RTWs, in seeing the difference in YQ/YR of the same route from different carriers.
Time permitting and access permitting, I can run these codes and paste the results here. Feel free to put the request here and I will take a look from time to time. I would appreciate if people give me the routing using the Sabre WQ (Will Quote) format explained below, but if it is too complicated to follow, just give me the routing and I will do it.

Note:
1. Sabre is not used by oneworld carriers other than AA and AS (all others use Amadeus whose RTW pricing ability is less robust), and I cannot guarantee the airline will provide the exact same quote as the one I generate.
2. Sometimes the system will not autoprice. I know this to be the case when you have an intercontinental open-jaw and when you max out intra-Asia segment (I think 3 is possible, but not 4?). Maybe there are other quirks that I have not yet seen.
3. I do not know how long I can maintain Sabre access. Maybe just a few weeks and it may only come intermittently. I always have Amadeus access, but Amadeus can only handle very simple RTW routing for autoprice.

Example:
WQBUD/AQR1FEB/CD/XDOH/AQR2FEB/CDLAX/AAA11FEB/CDMIA/AAA21FEB/CDMEX/AAA1MAR/CD/XDFW/AAA1MAR/CDICN/AJL11MAR/CDHND/AJL21MAR/CDKUL/AMH1APR/CDDPS/AAY11APR/CD/XHEL/AAY21APR/CDBUD-RW/MUSD/VAA/SDFW/TDFW

Explanation:
WQ[origin city code]/A[carrier code][date in MMDDD (mandatory only for the first segment, if the date is 1~9 the leading 0 can be omitted)]/C[booking class]#[city code] ... [final destination city code]-RW/M[currency code (not required but my default is TWD, or it will be defaulted to the sales city if specified)]/V[validating carrier code]/S[sales city code (not required, my default is RMQ)]/T[place of ticket issuance city code (in almost all cases, sales city = place of ticket issuance city code, and it can be omitted)]
# If stopover, put nothing. If transit, put /X. If open-jaw, put [city code before open-jaw]/-[city code after open-jaw], e. g., ... LAX/AAA11FEB/CDMIA/-ORD/AAA21FEB/CDMEX ...
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