Originally Posted by Gaza
I'm trying to get to the bottom of this at the moment. My ex-WAW DONE4 priced by BA is around PLZ 21,500. Taking the base cost of PLZ 19,160 (GBP 3,297.21) for the base fare this means that taxes and charges are PLZ 2,340 (GBP 402). I've asked them for clarification of the base amount in PLZ and why the official prices say USD 5000.
If AA's GSA (Tal Aviation) are charging USD 5000 then I will be GBP 634 better off! The only issue I will have is trying to transfer some flights to a new reservation that are already book and where there is no further availability.
Just this morning I went through this drill - again - with both the BA and AA N. America RTW desks. The price quoted by BA (through their Toronto center) was PLN 19,180, or around US$6,200 using today's exchange. I said the starfile shows it at US$5,000, and that the conversion (or mis-conversion) to PLN appeared to be something that was happening within BA. Well, she said, let's put the itinerary together and queue it to Dublin for pricing. I said I'd phone back with the itin.
I then phoned AA and asked basically the same questions, and they said, no, it's US$5000. If need be for purchase (wasn't clear that it was necessary at all) that sum would be converted to PLN using the then-current exchange, which she computed (today) would be around PLN 15,000+.
So I went ahead and gave her the itinerary, which she is now sending off to... Dublin, since my first two segments (WAW-LHR-YVR) are going to be on BA metal. Still, she said that as far as AA was concerned the price was $5000 plus whatever, and that's what I'd need to give to TAL at the time of pickup. It appears, though, that if I use AA for the first over-water flight it might go to the AA rate desk instead, so I'm holding my breath and may need to recompute the itinerary. Pity because the YVR or SEA nonstops from LHR save a ticket.
I will hear back from AA in a couple of days to see what transpires. This is pretty silly IMO.