Originally Posted by BoSoxinBkk
The plan was to book it through AARTW and ticket through Tal or Spotwelder. Tal is out now, and I will need to pick up the ticket when I pass through IST on March 29, so it may be too soon for Spotwelder to set up. It seems BA IST is my only option. I'm wondering if BA will book/ticket this since the first transoceanic segment is on AA and since I will be posting miles to my AA account.
What do you suggest? I've had one bad experience dealing with BARTW and would prefer dealing with AA. Can I book it through AARTW and then ask them to transfer it to BA for ticketing? If you have a fax and tel number for BA RTWDesk please do post it. Thanks.
It's nice to trust an airline over the other, but believe me, there are many very good experiences with BA IST, just look OW forum back for few weeks. I ticketed my DONE last week with them without having a single long haul with BA, this seems to be more of an AA issue. Just make sure the ITN is valid before you send it the BA IST and you will have your tickets issued in 3-4 working days without any hassle whatsoever. No need to bother AA RWT allthough they have the expertise, but so does the guys on this board (what comes to validating the ITN)..that is the only reason I would see there's a point using them...for valid route BA is just as good at picking up free seats from D bucket
