Decided against the ex-CAI xONEx, last one was ex-CAI in 2017 when the EGP devalued overnight and I got my ticket 12 hours before AA stopped selling them.

I have a AONE3 ex-TYO (Asia-N.AM-Europe-Asia) currently being priced by AA RTW's tariff's desk starting March 2024. A couple of quirks while the agent was trying to get A class availability.

1-EF shows A class on the BA codeshare ORD-LHR (AA 7003), yet AA does not see it. So I'm booked on the BA flight number. No big deal for me since I'll credit to BA anyways. AA flight numbers would be better I think.

2-EF shows A class on the JL CDG-HND flight, but no codeshare flight, naturally. But the agent said I had to book the AA codeshare. What? She said that AA can't see A class, but D class. Don't know what going on there.

3-Agent said that base fare was $13K, which is not right. I assume that when tariff's does the actual pricing it will be about $7K base fare. Right? I got no push back for not having AA flights crossing the oceans. Odd?

4-I have booked only the 1st 9 flights. I plan to make changes after I start the RTW. That is when I'll add a couple of QR 1st class flights LHR-DOH-LHR. SInce that will be mid-way thru the RTW, any ideas as to what QR YQ/YR would be since it is only 2 flights?

After all this, maybe book via CX since the 1st flight is HND-HKG. Thoughts?