Originally Posted by medicus
Also, does anyone know if AA has a real booking office here in Oz, so that if I book it via the RTW desk they can issue it here and so avoid the QF 'surcharges'?
Many thanks for any thoughts.
Yes they do have a booking office in Sydney.
Make the reservation through the ATW desk in the US and get it priced based on being issued in Australia. When ready to ticket, then call the Australian reservations office to get it ticketed. AA will then email you a credit card authorisation form; just fill it in and fax it back with a copy of the back of the credit card and the staff in Sydney will issue the ticket and post it out a few days later
The main issue ( as pointed out earlier ) is that you cannot include RJ or JL in a DONE booking yet. Presumably it will be possible from April or maybe possibly earlier, but if your dates are set you may run into problems with availability if you wait till then
Dave