Originally Posted by rwhite
I read elsewhere that AA will not let you book BA TATL flights, only AA flights.
In my recent experience, this is not the case, at least with the US-based AA RTW desk phone agents. I booked an AONE3 with the first segment being a BA transatlantic flight and they had no problem with it at all. My transpac flight was on AA, but this was by choice so I didn't get to find out what they'd say if neither transpac nor transalt flights were on AA.
Originally Posted by
Guy Betsy
Book it as an AA flight first. After ticket issue, then
change it to BA. Airline or date changes do not need to be reissued as long as the routing stays the same. (in theory).
But this would work only if the transatlantic routing involved a city that both BA and AA served - otherwise, you'd need to add or drop a connecting segment, and this would require a reissue.
Originally Posted by DownUnderFlyer
Not only in theory. This is quite real.
It was in my experience. Keeping the city pairs the same, but changing the carrier, was reservable without needing a ticket reissue. There was slight confusion at the airport as the ticket was not for the carrier I was flying and had not been endorsed to them (I was using an e-ticket), but it didn't need to be. Once a supervisor got involved, all was fine.