Originally Posted by
petez
So I assume that if you have already been to Asia (in my case Tokyo and Singapore) on my way down to Australia, you can't use QF9 as it it counted as going back to Asia ?
I think you're OK with that. There was a post recently in the Rule Sheet thread about that. Seems it used to allow it in your situation specifically from Australia to Europe, but now it seems to have gotten more flexible since May.
Originally Posted by
petez
I tried a well known TA to price the following routing:
OSL/LHR/BDA/MIA/LAX/SAT/LAX/HNL/NRT/SIN/SYD/HBA/SYD/PER/DOH/xLHR/OSL
They said it fails on two counts - you can't visit the same place twice (in my case LHR, SAT and SYD) and the BDA/MIA/LAX legs there was availability as two sectors but because there was no married availability (same day flights), it wouldn't price
It would appear that they are using Sabre, so might not be able to use them.
Is this definitely a valid routing and if so who do I use - Carrier BA, AA, QR or suggestions on a TA ?
I'd give BA a try. I've read that QR doesn't issue RTW tickets. If your TA was using Sabre and getting the error, then I would expect exactly the same result from AA. Married segment availability though seems to be required no matter who tickets it. I had a travel agent try the same thing last year and couldn't do it on two of my sectors. Tried again during a change in January with some QR flights and same issue, they couldn't processes it unless it was married segment and that availability was only on the flight with a ridiculous 11 hour stopover in DOH. Even tried again once I landed in DOH but that segment still wouldn't unmarry to allow the earlier flight.