Thanks Jerry, I'm actually booking a DONE4 but BA has gold upgrade vouchers (a bit like an SWU, earned for 2500TPs/year) that can put me in A/First on the BA segments, as long as it's on BA ticket stock, so yes I'm stuck with their ticketing to get BA F (realise that isn't much of course) . I appreciate your confirmation that I'm right so will push back now. Btw, I would prefer to do an AONEx, but there are 3 of us travelling, so I've struggled to really find that many Ax3 seats outside of BA, so I get pretty much the same experience for 30% less cash. I was originally hoping to get a JAL, QR, QF, CX z Firsf trip.

And perhaps I was being too generous on the agent, but since the first one I called basically said BA didn't do them anymore, and my last two RTW flights have been ticketed by QF and CX, I have low expectations....