Thanks for the quick and detailed reply, Fred. A couple of things, --
Originally Posted by
wandering_fred
Her fee is included (at least according to her email)....
I'm curious about this. Airlines stopped paying regular commissions to travel agents decades ago, and I'm unaware of any overage commissions on xONEx tickets.
Originally Posted by
wandering_fred
Why her rather than AA RTW (which I have used in the past)....? . . . (which do not and did not used AA's recommended routes)
I'm missing something here, or perhaps I misunderstood you. For domestic U.S. flights on these tickets, I don't worry about connections. I just book them flight by flight to get exactly the connections I want, rather than the ones that AA serves up as options.