Hey all

Thank you so much for all the helpful insights here! I am currently planning a DONE5 with the following flights:

1. OSL-xLHR-oATL [Will be on BA metal]
2. [Surface sector]
3. JFK-xLAX-xHKG-xSYD-oHTI [JFK-LAX will on AA metal to get A321T transcontinental, LAX-HKG-SYD will be on CX metal, SYD-HTI will be on QF metal]
4. [Surface sector]
5. SYD-oHKG-oCDG [Will be on CX metal]
6. CDG-xDOH-oJRO [Will be QR metal, unless anybody has any better ideas?]
7. [Surface sector]
8. ZNZ-xDOH-xLHR-oOSL [Will be QR metal for ZNZ-DOH-LHR and BA metal for LHR-OSL]

I would be very grateful for any help from anybody with auto pricing capability on the following:

• I plan on ticketing through AA RTW, so it will be plated on 001 / AA. Is it possible to reduce the YQ / YR if I plate through another carrier (that is actually competent / is not very difficult to get a hold of)?
• Can I save on YQ / QR by ticketing any of these (particularly point 1 and point 8) on another OW codeshare (e.g. AA codeshare but operated by BA)?

From a mileage perspective, the large number of CX sectors is because I need to maximise it to renew my CX DM status. To that end, I am also mulling point 5 to change this to SYD-oHKG-xDOH-oCDG (and I would get one sector back by switching point 8 so that it's ZNZ-xDOH-oOSL).

I would prefer to plate through CX if possible but it has been an absolute nightmare trying to get anybody to understand what I am doing. Nobody in any global contact centre understands xONEx ticketing and I've been languishing with them for several weeks. Does anybody know of any better way to get through to somebody competent at CX to book an xONEx?

Thanks so much in advance!