We contacted the AA GSA in South Africa, and they pretty much told us everything they told
Cheetah_SA. They need:
- A copy of the passport/ID of the card holder
- A copy of the front and back of the credit card
- Pricing must be less than 24 hours old.
That last bit was a bit surprising, but I guess understandable given all the currency fluctuations at the moment:
Please note that this fare is valid for 24hours only. If I am unable to issue the tickets today, as a precaution, I will need the Round The World desk to reprice the itinerary, thus ensuring that any tickets we issue are done at current fares.
We are also reworking the itinerary a bit before issuing. Because we're going to take a break once we hit LHR the second time, I am now trying to have 4 segments at that point, so that we can reissue at that break which would make things a lot easier later on.
First I thought to do either CPT-xLHR-MCT-AMM-LHR or CPT-xLHR-AMM-MCT-LHR, but the AMM-MCT-AMM schedule is just horrible, one flight a week either arriving MCT at 2:45 am (after a stop in Dammam, Saudi Arabia), or a 5.45 am departure from MCT (with a stop in Dammam, Saudi Arabia also).
We had no desire of ever going to Dubai, but given the extensive schedule from both LHR and AMM, we're thinking about doing CPT-xLHR-DXB-AMM-LHR with ground transportation to/from Oman (and maybe just one day in Dubai). We lose a segment in North America or Asia, but get to see Jordan and Oman without the hassle of the MCT-AMM schedule.