Originally Posted by smf_ltn

I had planned the following trip, but have run into a major availability issue on the first two segments.

OSL-xLHR-MLE-KUL-MNL-HKG-SFO-JFK-GRU-DFW-SFO-DOH-SEZ-DOH-OSL. I will insert an SFO-ANC-SFO when those seasonal segments are available for booking. Itinerary was to start Jan 7, 2027. I'm meeting friends in MNL in mid January.

Today is the first day I can book, so as to fit all planned segments, and placeholder segments, into the 330 day window. However, BA LHR-MLE is already completely zero'd out all of December, January, and most of February except Jan 12.

Is this an impossible BA route to book from December 1 through February?
Is this an effect of the war, as transits via DOH look to be widely available?
How do you book the first couple segments of a RTW if D class is gone in one day after released, if that is the case here?
Does it make sense to book via DOH expecting that I would be rerouted if the war is still underway?

Transit via DOH looks to be wide open, but seems risky to me at this point.

I will start looking for other routes to MLE and burn my "Alaska" segments..