Originally Posted by
simongr
Is there any way to prove this to the TA or airline? I have tried to have teh following itinerary booked 4 times now (yes I know I should book this through AA but its a little complicated as it is a business trip - boss is happy for me to take whatever routing I want but need to charge to my Corp Amex or his Corp Diners - he is in US I am in SYD).
The routing was:
syd-hkg-fra-hel-lhr(stop)-dxb-lhr(stop),lgw-bgi-jfk(stop)-dfw-lax-jfk-nrt-hkg-syd(stop)-per-adl-syd
Local TA head's exploded when tryin to book - both LHR-DXB-LHR and SYD-PER-ADL-SYD were going to be ticketed separately
QF refused to book and said last time I did syd-xxx-xxx-xxx-syd-bne-syd that had been an illegal itinerary and I was "just trying to get cheap flights in Oz"
CX (now being booked through TA in New York) wont allow the SYD-PER-ADL-SYD.
I have given our TA a copy of the rules - but I want to be able to prove to our local TA its valid and QF.
Any ideas (other than just booking through AA which I will probably do next time...)
You BREAK the rule by returning to SYD, the rule specifically said once you return to ur point of origin, thats it! NOT MORE flights. I was told by CX the rule is still like this. Otherwise I will start my DONE4 is HKG to save to hassle of starting in NRT! In terms of the other sticky situation is the HKG stop twice ( I know you are allowed to transit once in Asia and stop once, but sometime they can get funny when you do the US to Asia leg).
also I don't know ur curcumstance, but are all the flights as part of your business trip? Not try to be judgemental, but if ur boss finds out the company is funding ur FF fetish
he might not be too happy ( I know base fare = same, BUT the cost of the TAX can vary quite significantly! and last time I did this I made it really clear to my boss that for any LEISURE flights I take I will pay for it seperately, so that the company or the client is NOT getting ripped off. Apologies if I sound too judgemental.