Originally Posted by
A1pax
Thank you, Dr. HFH, for your comments. Indeed I have learned something helpful. It is very unlikely that I will use the same TA. We have more trips in the pipeline, so fingers crossed to find a knowledgeable and fair price agent. Normally I would do all the bookings directly with the airlines for point to point travel - both cash and points. Only used TA for RTW routes. Will pay fee for TA's time and effort, but want transparency.
Just use AA, unless you want to book a codeshare operated by AA (e.g., book AS or AY code for an AA-operated flight that you will credit to AA), or you want to save a bit on the carrier overcharges. I've been booking my RTWs though JL the past couple of years. They are more cumbersome to deal with than AA, but not excessively so.