Originally Posted by pnm
Doing something similar to yourself in May.
Would greatly appreciate degtails of your TA.
In your experience is it better or worse to go directly to an airline and book via them?
PNM
I will PM your TA details.
I think it is essential to book first with an airline and then ticket - trying to do it from scratch with a TA would be futile as most don't have enough (any) knowledge of RTW rules). My main reason for going with a TA to ticket is that in BKK at least most of them offer a discount off the published price - 3-7%. As hvd points out later, the experience may be equally pleasant dealing with the airlines agent in the city - many have done so in CAI. I can't comment as I haven't done this so far.