Originally Posted by
pandaperth
I am planning my 2024/2025 RTW - beginning from Cairo, first flight is CAI-LHR on BA.
Using the online tool I have managed to get an itinerary that *almost* works for me.
And I took that itinerary right through to ticketing.
And the ticket would be issued by Qantas!??
And priced in AUD?? (It's correct base fare in EGP converted to AUD)
I knew QF was ticketing for ex-CAI itineraries that start with RJ, but why isn't BA doing its own ticketing I wonder.
Didn't BA stop ticketing ex-CAI sometime last year? That could be why the tool is kicking it over to QF, but yes if it's showing AUD then it's almost certainly going to get ticketed by QF.
Funny now that 6 months have passed I have nearly forgotten how horrible QF was to deal with on changes. CX on the other hand has been quite good on the very few modifications I've made so far, but I only deal with their WhatsApp team, the phone center seems useless just like QF. The downside is that I credit to AA and my AA segments on CX stock credited as Fare instead of Distance. On my QF ticket it was all Distance.
Do you have or could you have any CX long haul segments to ticket with them? (Since AA also appears to be off the table ex-CAI for non-AA elites)