Originally Posted by
pandaperth
Hopefully the following will help the current discussion, rather than confuse.
If you have got an itinerary to price using the tool, then at the bottom of the third page (“Review Flights”) it will show the base fare
(In its own currency), all the taxes and charges (in AUD), and the grand total (in AUD). So from that you should be able to tell the fare basis (DONE5 vs DONE5 for example) and which airline fare is being used - BA, IB and RJ fares are quoted in EGP, QR fares are now quoted in USD (and are much higher)
And
Back in February I reported a new bug in the tool ( see
FlyerTalk Forums - View Single Post - xONEx online tool bugs thread). The tool was incorrectly pricing a 5-continent itinerary as a 3-continent itinerary. And making just a small change triggered a reprice which resulting it being priced, correctly, as a 5-continent itinerary. Perhaps this bug is playing up again. Again, this can be checked be viewing the base fare on the Review Flights screen.
Hope this helps.
Yes. My prior post noting this issue is quoting the change in the *base fare*, which, if anything, should be more expensive flying AKL-SYD-SIN-DOH (making it a DONE4 with US, Europe, Pacific, Asia) vs AKL-DOH (DONE3 with US, Europe, Pacific). And yet, if there's a longhaul flight from DOH to the US early in the itinerary, switching to that routing it is bringing the price *down* dramatically.