Originally Posted by
jerry a. laska
Cheetah_SA has
reported purchasing a circle ticket ex-JNB this year and MiamiBeach has stated that he had
contacted the AA GSA in Cape Town and there were receptive to issuing a rtw ex-SA. I also remember someone reporting that they had purchased an xonex ex-SA from CX, I believe.
What a memory!! I'm very impresssed!
My ticket was issued on CX paper but booked through a TA. The TA was clueless and CX only marginally better (I had to persuade them that no, that rule does not apply because Dublin is
not in the UK!
) I have another xONEx in the pipeline and went to my (new, but part of the same outfit) TA and asked: "Do you want the hassle of booking this given the agony I evidently caused your predecessor or should I go straight to BA?". She opted in and so far in the booking process she has been pretty much on top of things.
BTW, BA and CX here won't touch your ticket unless they are the "first international carrier". Not sure if AA has such scruples. (Well, they won't be the first carrier, obviously, but they might want a substantial part of the ticket I suppose.)