Originally Posted by
MiamiPrep
Something has just occurred to me, and haven't seen posted here.
Now with RTW e-ticketing, is there any need to actually pick up the ticket in the country of issue?
Unless there's been an unannounced rule change, you still have to have the ticket "issued" in the country of origin. If you have the AA RTW desk in the U.S. issue the ticket for you, you'll pay the U.S. price, not the country-of-origin price. The fact that the ticket is electronic doesn't change that.
When the online ticketing facility gets going, that may well change (and it wouldn't make any sense for it not to change). However, what will happen to prices at that point is unclear.