Originally Posted by
moral_low_ground
Somewhat cryptic ? How would an agent reduce the fees and if so to what ?
I did originally ask an agent and they would have ticketed this trip but at 250 GBP per change of which there were likely to be 2 or 3 - it did not seem worth it
Originally Posted by
izzik
I'm not an agent, so you'd have to ask them how much it would cost... But booking with BA pretty much guarantees you'll be paying lots of surcharges. It could be cheaper with an agent.
I agree with izzik on this one, an agent could have ticketed on QR stock which would quite likely reduce the fees quite a bit, I suspect AA stock would have saved you a good chunk too. QR won't issue their own RTWs, only agents can do it. You've got £2500 in YQ that might have been minimized to less than £500. Some of your segments might have had more advantageous codeshares as well that an agent can use. I'm nearly certain that a ticket can go on QR stock with no QR segments, but even if one was required you could have done OSL-DOH-JNB or MIA-DOH-OSL (or both if you wanted more miles).