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Originally Posted by Himeno
(Post 19834445)
... wait... Did you just get QF to issue an offline ex-JNB ticket while knowing that you were in Tokyo? Where you charged in ZAR or JPY (and if in JPY, at the South African price converted to Yen or at the Japan price)?
:) My last trip had a BOS-SEA via JFK and MIA. A couple of years ago, I did HEL-xLHR-xDXB-xLHR-xHKG-xNRT-xSIN-xPER-MEL - non stop over 3 days. Sleeping on the plane for the most part. That last night in SIN I slept in the CX Skyview lounge. So what appears to have happened with the booking is this: by the time I got as far as the credit card payment screen online, it had apparently already saved my booking info (flights, traveller details) although the webiste hadn't given me a reference number or anything. After I hassled her a bit she found it in the system. Then she helped me pay for it. Yes, it'll be in ZAR. At the beginning she kept telling me that if she did it they'd have to charge the Tokyo price, but I was more than a bit frustrated and my bull headedness eventually prevailed ;) I assume that if she'd had to actually enter the booking info herself, I would have had to pay the Tokyo price. |
Originally Posted by TakeTwo
(Post 19834477)
You just wanted to say you'd been there? that's one heckuva lot of cities for 3 days!
So what appears to have happened with the booking is this: by the time I got as far as the credit card payment screen online, it had apparently already saved my booking info (flights, traveller details) although the webiste hadn't given me a reference number or anything. After I hassled her a bit she found it in the system. Then she helped me pay for it. Yes, it'll be in ZAR. |
One more piece of info, I gave her a sample flight that I'd been trying to book and my name, and that was enough for her to find my entire RTW.
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Originally Posted by TakeTwo
(Post 19828536)
- trying different codeshares for same flight
Originally Posted by Himeno
(Post 19833925)
Just remember that if you make a time or date change which then causes something 'booked' as a transit (under 24 hours between flights) to become considered a stop over, it is a routing change (eg, changing DXB-xLHR-SIN to DXB-oLHR-SIN) and the $125USD fee + any fare/tax increases have to be paid.
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What did it end up costing w/taxes?
Congratulations!!
I'm in the midst of doing another RTW with my wife and daughter (my son can't come this time because of school). I have worked out a couple of ITIN's and am trying to justify a Business Class ticket DONE4 or DONE5 ex JNB starting this summer. Would you mind letting me know the cost for your ticket? This will help me compare my attempt at minimizing fees/taxes/surcharges against your optimization. TX in advance and enjoy your trip! Cheers - Kevin
Originally Posted by TakeTwo
(Post 19834404)
I was happy enough with my flights, and it was getting close enough to the date that I decided to book... and lo and behold, the online site couldn't process my credit card.
So I called up the local (Tokyo) Qantas office and for the first 10 minutes she gave me the roundabout saying there was nothing they could do for online ticket payment, if anything I'd have to go to the Joburg office in person (!!!), but with some prodding (it was a 40 minute call) she managed to a. give me a booking number, and b. send a message to her Joburg counterparts asking them to process my card manually. Mentioning it was a business class ticket for 3 seemed to help get her into action - by the end she was downright friendly. 90 minutes after the call I received a very satisfying automatic email with payment receipt and confirmation that the flights were booked. So it looks like I'll be traveling for a while! Thanks again for all the help! PS Himeno, that sounds like a very busy 4-6 weeks a year! Here I am worried that I'm trying to pack too many places in, and I've got a whole year ;) |
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