Originally Posted by
TKMAXX
Doing my first booking pretty soon with AA's RTW line, hoping to get a couple of answers before we take the plunge.
- If we book the first flight nearly a year out, is it free to change the dates of the subsequent flights if we plan for the trip to take place over the course of the subsequent 8 months?
- What happens if some flight routes are only operated seasonally, and so you can't put in dummy dates yet?
- Can you open date some flights to avoid this problem?
The route is likely to be OSL-DOH-MEL//SYD-AKL-JFK-LAX-DFW-JFK-LIR-JFK-DOH-NBO-MAD-TOS
MAD-TOS and JFK-LIR are both seasonal (both being winter routes), but I appreciate AKL-JFK is super in demand so needs to be snapped up in D quite early on, so trying to figure out how to square this circle
What flights are on AA?
AA uses SABRE GDS with a 330 day limit.
Date changes are (supposedly) free. Route changes have a $125 fee.
Do you plan to stop in AKL? QF3 is SYD-(AKL)-JFK and AKL-JFK.
Others will know better, but NBO may add another continent.
Not using all 16 segment, but have not checked if all your routes are non-stop.
IMHO booking first
flight nearly a year out is being a tad keen. Will be difficult. Routes and timetable will change.
In 2025 FJ and the AS brand HA hopefully will become full OW members. When you book you are subject to the rules (and airlines) applicable at that time.
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