Originally Posted by
Chesil
...The AA RTW desk has validated this routing and is currently holding the following booking for us:
OSL-DOHx-SGN-PNH - Qatar Airways
PNH-HAN - surface leg
HAN-HKG-AKL - Cathay Pacific operated but booked on a QR code share
AKL-SYD-HNL - Qantas
HNL-DFWx-YVR - American Airlines
YVR-LHR - British Airways
LHR-DOHx-DXB - Qatar Airways
DXB-LHRx-OSL - British Airways
The pricing has also just come through - the base fare (£4,178) and lots of various taxes (total of £714) are broadly what I expected but the "other taxes and carrier imposed charges" are £1,998! Whilst I expected a certain level of taxes and carrier charges I am still quite surprised at how high these have ended up being. There are 3 adults and 1 child on this booking so the total carrier charges end up being a huge total amount for us.
Curiously the "other taxes and imposed charges" for my 10 year old son are showing as an even higher £2,760.80 - which makes me think there must be an error at least in the child fare and perhaps also in the adult fares that have been presented to me?
...
I'd hugely value any advice/tips on how I might be able to improve the overall cost.
Originally Posted by
dutch_122
Have checked the routing myself, if issued by AA / BA the total taxes are EUR3258 (excluding the base fare).
Cathay Pacific slightly lower around EUR3150.
If issued on QR they are EUR1985.
The difference is the Carrier Imposed Charges.
So changing the issuing carrier to QR can make a significant difference.
How much difference to the total would it make if the BA segments were eliminated, perhaps by changing
YVR-LHR to YVR-HEL-LHR
and
DXB-xLHR-OSL to either DXB-xHEL-OSL or DXB-xDOH-OSL?
Could changing segment marketing carriers reduce
Chesil's cost significantly as well as changing the issuing carrier?
the more general question is how does one optimize issuing carriers and segment marketing carriers?
Thanks for any thoughts.