Originally Posted by
dvs7310
Holy cow I wish I knew that a year and a half ago. I did upgrade my first QF RTW with an AA SWU GRU-JFK and had some of my first encounters with how bad QF was to deal with about 2 weeks later when I broke my leg in Tbilisi and had to make some changes due to not being able to fly out of Tbilisi as planned plus not being able to fly to CPH anymore due to no flights out of there to get home in a flat bed business seat (my leg was locked straight in a brace, Euro business wouldn't work). I eventually got myself home via CDG but it wasn't easy with QF handling the ticket to CDG (changed from CPH and got my own ticket in JL F from there).
Sorry to hear that. It sounds like
way more hassle than you needed while dealing with a broken leg in a cast.
Yes, when AA upgrades a flight, they reissue the ticket so the upgraded flight reservation has a matching flight coupon. Then, since it's an AA ticket, the AA RTW desk will handle it as normal. But even without an upgrade, I believe AA will take over another airline's RTW for a fee.