Hi all

I was hoping to get a bit of help on a DONEx journey. I have received conflicting info from the AA RTW desk and my usual TA, so grateful for any guidance that you experts can provide!

In short, I want to be able to get two(ish) holidays out of a DONEx fare. First portion would be travel in May 2024, second portion would be in Nov/Dec 2024. Ideally, my routing would be as follows:

• May 2024: OSL-ATL-LAX-BNE-HTI-BNE-SYD-HKG-CDG
• [Stopover in CDG]
• Nov/Dec 2024: CDG-CPT-LHR
• [Stopover in LHR]
• Jan 2025: LHR-OSL

Is this possible provided OSL-ATL is just a transit in LHR (or HEL-JFK), so that I leave two stopovers in reserve for CDG and LHR? Or does it breach the no South Africa visit sub-rule as my starting / end point is in Europe? If so, any workarounds that you guys and gals can think of (e.g. transit point somewhere else that isn't CDG)? Ideally, I'd like to keep the cost of re-positioning from home base in LON to a minimum, hence avoiding a flight eastwards to HKG simply to get back on another westwards to get to SA!

Also, my TA tells me that OW has started charging for date changes (subject to the USD 125 change fee) even if ticketed point does not change. Is that right or wrong?

Many thanks in anticipation!