I am a traditional BA.com booker and enjoying the dialogue and the prospect of savings $ so leading back to the original thread. Received my travel information and fare from MRU very favorable. CX HKG to JNB as penultimate flight shows available in D (no A as seasonal) on Expert flyer but on my BA.com shows waitlisted. Had rung BA USA prior to moving booking to MRU Monday and they said available and would take 24 hours to clear. Now its 72 hours later and still says available C7 J9 D9. Was thinking of calling CX to get confirmed then will buy first ticket. Any ideas.

Also thinking about second and subsequent MRU RTW anti clockwise works best for me so entering MRU via JNB from Asia or Australia so can go in on QF from Oz or CX from HKG so that allows me to connect from ICN and NRT via HKG. When in India looks like have to return to HKG the to JNB. Is there any other way.