Originally Posted by
pandaperth
The rule regarding more than one departure and one arrival to a continent is:
4(e) Only one intercontinental departure and one intercontinental arrival permitted in each continent except as follows:
1. Two permitted in North America.
2. Two permitted in Asia.
3. Two permitted in Europe/Middle East for travel to/from/via Africa. If travel is to/from Europe in both directions, itinerary may not include Mauritius/South Africa.
Therefore, either your flight CDG-CPT or your flight CPT-LHR (or both flights) must be via the Middle East
So CDG-xDOH-CPT-LHR or CDG-xLHR-CPT-DOH-LHR or CDG-xDOH-CPT-xDOH-LHR
The rule regarding changes is:
16(a) Rebooking / Rerouting.
1. Before departure
...
2. After departure:
a. Changes are permitted provided ticketed points remain the same.
b. Changes to ticketed points are permitted at a charge of USD 125 per transaction.
c. No Show requires rebooking at a charge of USD 125.
Therefore date/time/carrier changes are free of charge.
Hi pandaperth (and all!)
I'd be really grateful for your thoughts on the updated situation.
My optimal itinerary is as follows:
- May/June 2024: OSL-xLHR-oATL-oLAX-oBNE-oSYD-oHKG-oLHR [Note, I've dropped BNE-oHTI-oBNE from before because this is operated by Alliance Air on behalf of QF which, I'm told by AA RTW desk, is not a permitted affiliated airline of QF despite bearing a full QF code on the flights]
- Summer 2024: LHR-oPMO-oLHR
- Dec 2024: CDG-xDOH-oCPT-xLHR-OSL
I've contacted the AA RTW desk and they've told me that (after they consulted the "rights desk" and OW) the ticket is invalid for the following two reasons:
- I have too many stopovers in Europe - I am only allowed two stopovers in the continent of origin and, here, there are three stopovers (firstly, between landing at LHR in May and LHR-PMO, secondly, between PMO-LHR, and thirdly between LHR-CDG (which is a surface sector)). Is this true? If so, the quick fix would seem to be to ditch either LHR-PMO or PMO-LHR so that I am only left with two stopovers (being, firstly, between landing in LHR in May and PMO) and, secondly, PMO to CDG as a surface segment)?
- My itinerary in Africa includes a trip to South Africa - AA is insisting that, even if I route my flight via Doha on QR metal, this is still deemed a trip "to/from Europe" and therefore this is invalid (I was told that I could alternatively choose a different African destination that is not in South Africa or Mauritius). This seems to contradict what pandaperth previously advised. Do you have any ideas on convincing them otherwise?
Many thanks - I really appreciate your help!
Anecdotally - I also tried to get CX to quote for me but CX told me that they won't issue RTW on CX stock unless the first sector is on CX metal. Not sure if this is a recent change of rule or not!