slhu82

How many times I can change DATE for DONEx booked from AA? My segment includes QR flight. QR shows D fare can only change twice without charge.

jerry a. laska

That table does not apply.

Dr. HFH

Jerry's right (as usual, -- he's one of the more experienced xONEx people here). Judging from the font and color, I'd say that this table is from QR. It applies to point-to-point tickets sold and marketed by QR.

On a DONEx ticket issued by AA, changes of date and itinerary depend on when you want to make the change and what you want to change, i.e., Before the first flight? After the first flight? Change itinerary, -- Changes to cities? Continents?

Mwenenzi

When upgrading with ff miles/avios/points flights credit as per original paid booking class. Have not read of any airline do different, but may be some.

The chances of 3 upgrades USA<--->AU are very low. A popular route for AA freq flyers to upgrade with SWU or AA ff miles/cash co payment.

QF upgrades are a lottery.
QF forum thread--> Bid Now Upgrade Success Stories
https://www.qantas.com/au/en/manage-...g/upgrade.html
https://www.qantas.com/au/en/manage-...w-upgrade.html

OW with AA & QF are trialling a cross airline upgrade scheme. But you are BAEC people.
Oneworld alliance-wide upgrades

To maximise BAEC tier points need to change flights(flight numbers) on the trip. Can come at a cost and more travel time
QF flys JFK-(AKL)-SYD as one flight number, so poor for BAEC TP collection. Will be priced at a premium.
AA will be NYC-LAX-SYD, so more flight numbers.
If you fly say NYC-SFO/LAX/DFW-MEL/BNE then on to SYD will get/may get more BAEC TP.

• American Airlines AA LAX-SYD. DFW-BNE from 27 Oct 2024 - Mar 2025(new route) [OneWorld Alliance]
• Fiji Airways FJ LAX SFO HNL YVR– NAN - BNE SYD CBR MEL ADL. (OneWorld Alliance connect.)
• Qantas QF LAX SFO DFW HNL YVR* - SYD; LAX - BNE; LAX DFW - MEL. {* seasonal}. SYD-AKL-JFK from 14 June 2023. [OneWorld Alliance]

slhu82

Thanks. Another question if my current booking is SCL -> xMIA -> LAX. If my origin and destination are same, can I just change the flight to SCL -> xDFW -> LAX without $125 charge after my first flight? Similar for SAW -> DOH to IST -> DOH?

slhu82

If only change date, does it matter before the first flight or after the first flight?

Mwenenzi

Your questions are better asked in one of the dedicated RTW *ONE* threads
Oneworld booking and pricing experiences

OW does not define origin and destination like that. Every sector has an origin and a destination. That, for you, some are transit and others a stopover (>24hrs) is generally irrelevant to the RTW rules. But, as the rules, must have some stopovers. So a change of route (,e.g. MIA to DFW) will invoke the $125 fee and a recalculation of real taxes and carrier surcharges. These will vary with route.
Can do. Do you want to change the date of the first flight?
Look in the other *ONE* threads.

dvs7310

I think that is at the discretion and interpretation of the issuing airline. I know that slhu82 is ticketed by AA, so they're likely to stick to the letter of the law per se and charge the $125 fee, but CX did not charge me on a recent change doing something similar. I changed MNL-xHKG-TYO (HND) to MNL-xKUL-TYO (NRT) and they did not charge me. I also changed a DOH transit to a stopover at the same time and they also didn't charge me. So I'd say "it depends", expect to pay the $125 fee (I certainly was expecting to) but you might get lucky.

@ slhu82, if you do get a chance to make that change, do it. DFW is a million times more pleasant of an arrival experience into the US than MIA. Most of the time I'm though immigration at DFW in 10 minutes or less. You're not going to get that at MIA, it's an absolute zoo.

zoombee

Note you are also charged or refunded any changes in taxes/surcharges. This can reduce the $125 charged though never below $0. I think MH charge less yq/yr than CX, especially on transits, so I suspect you were charged a $125 admin fee but this was more than offset by a reduction in yq/qr. Hence the overall charge was 0.

dvs7310

There's no YQ on ex-TYO tickets and YR is pretty minimal, the new itinerary is MH / JL, as opposed to all CX on the old, JL's fees tend to be similar to CX's. HKG has some airport taxes for transit that KUL doesn't, but it's not $125 worth. I'm pretty sure they just interpreted it as the start and end points were the same and waived the fee.

Actually just double checked and compared my original ticket to the new one with the change in routing, my total YR on the new and original ticket is exactly the same, 50,490 JPY. They also didn't remove the HKG taxes, but I don't care because it's still far less than $125.

zoombee

Ah, I'd missed that this is ex TYO.

Seems so! Nice bonus.

sony2012

I feel kinda stupid to ask this but it seems like no clear rule after reading some posts about change fees, so please bear with me. So I booked a ticket with QF, and assuming I take the first leg and want to change. I am curious about the fees associated with it.
1. Simple date change without changing routes or airlines: Do I have to pay 125USD? Technically, this should not trigger the repricing even before the first leg, correct?
2. Changing the airlines on the same route such as from BA to AA on LON-JFK. Do I pay 125? also I am guessing fuel charges will be adjusted, so there could be an increase or decrease in 125?
3. Changing the transit point without changing the start and end, such from transit in HKG with CX, change the ticket to direct with JL on TYO-LON route. I understand some airlines charge 125, some do not, is that correct? Will it create repricing after the first leg? Either way, the fuel and tax charges will be adjusted if I understand correctly. What if I don't pay the fee and the taxes go down? Will I get a refund?
4. Changing either start or end point of a flight within the rule limit. Ex: change TYO-LON to TYO-PAR. My understanding is that will incur 125 for sure but how about repricing?
5. Changing from Y to J. Suppose Z or D class was not available at the time of booking and the online platform gives only economy class. After the first leg, let's say D becomes available. If I upgrade to D from Y, do I have to pay the fare difference? I am talking about just one leg of the entire RTW ticket.

slhu82

1. Based on recent dp, QF charges 125 for everything including date change

call them once and make all changes together

Mwenenzi

steveholt

1) It would likely retrigger repricing before the first leg. AA wouldn't charge you the $125 typically, but QF might.
2) Most likely yes. Fuel charges would come into play.
3) This would be a $125 charge either way. You could theoretically get a refund, although unlikely.
4) After the first leg is flown, this would incur $125 fee, but no repricing.
5) This would be a change to the ticked and qualify for the $125 fee, but no fare difference.