Has anyone recently purchased a ticket using the OW online tool from ARN using AY as the ticketing carrier. If I use BA as the first segment from ARN-LHR it gives me BA as the ticketing carrier and that I must call them . If I use AY on the first segment it still shows the same www.wftc2---- site but looks like it will allow me to purchase it online. I presume that AY is the ticketing carrier.

I purchased 2 tickets back in April on the OW site with AA as I use the codeshare and then connected to AA at LHR . This time I want a two month stopover in LHR and may change my complete itenerary later . Just want to get one at the sale price before it expires . I presume that if I fly the first international segment ( ARN-LHR ) I can do this for the $125 change fee and not subject to any increase in base price ?

Any feedback would be appreciated

anc305

Why wouldn't you ticket via AA?

Also here is some information on the 10% discount and what happens if things change:

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/onewo...t-rip-off.html

I hope you also noted that by selecting the AY codeshare on the ARN-LHR flight the taxes/fees were significantly less.

I did this just last week and it was ticketed by AY in Finland and charged to my CC in SEK. All done within a couple of days of booking the ticket.

Do you know whether ticketing via AY comes close to AA in terms of taxes and fees?

They were almost half what was being quoted when BA was the ticketing carrier so I suspect they would be pretty close to AA.

I also think having AY as the ticketing carrier instead of BA comes close to AA in terms of taxes and fees. I purchased a DONE4 last week and by choosing the AY codeshare on the ARN-LHR flight, i saved SEK 5049, almost EURO 500.
All booked via OW online booking tool.
I am thinking of changing my itinerary later, after having used the first ARN-LHR flight and i suppose i need to contact the AY call centre for that?? Does anybody have experience with them? Knowledgeable agents? Please share your experiences. Thanks

For me, booking with AY is a plus in that I have generally found them great to deal with for changes &c. For a simple itinerary changes I have simply phoned that in and they have sent through the revalidated ticket within a few hours. A re-route took a little longer - couple of days - but was processed efficiently and knowledgeably. In both cases not as instant as, say, QF but if I never have to deal with QF again I would be a very happy person.