Another DONEx originating CPT query
Jul 6, 2016, 7:34 am
#256
Join Date: Apr 2007
Programs: QF, VA, AC, Hyatt, Marriott
Posts: 3,784
HUGE PROGRESS:
New Mate has come ROARING back.
He called to say that they've got people from fares in Sydney, One World, Hobart and Auckland working on this. New Mate said that because so many people touched it - it became a REAL mess. He then said to his supervisor STOP wasting Mr. 747-444s time. He knows the rules better than we do and we should be asking him for lessons. After reading the rules repeatedly they have said all is OK and they've accepted the base fares which are LOW.
They said they are going to now have to find a way to ticket it. Their system is just not computing it so they need to fix the system.
New Mate is going on holiday until Sunday and he will call me back then if they've got confirmation from One World and fares how they can issue it.
New Mate said the average consultant books 1 every 6 months and mostly from Aus.
I feel this is a pyrrhic victory. The reality of having to get to Mozambique is now dawning on me and after how I kept hammering at Qantas I feel I am kinda obligated to turn up now.
New Mate has come ROARING back.
He called to say that they've got people from fares in Sydney, One World, Hobart and Auckland working on this. New Mate said that because so many people touched it - it became a REAL mess. He then said to his supervisor STOP wasting Mr. 747-444s time. He knows the rules better than we do and we should be asking him for lessons. After reading the rules repeatedly they have said all is OK and they've accepted the base fares which are LOW.
They said they are going to now have to find a way to ticket it. Their system is just not computing it so they need to fix the system.
New Mate is going on holiday until Sunday and he will call me back then if they've got confirmation from One World and fares how they can issue it.
New Mate said the average consultant books 1 every 6 months and mostly from Aus.
I feel this is a pyrrhic victory. The reality of having to get to Mozambique is now dawning on me and after how I kept hammering at Qantas I feel I am kinda obligated to turn up now.
I hope you're on the verge of something good.
Perhaps now may be a good time to cut out the last few posts in this thread and start a new thread which will hopefully have some good news soon.
Personally, I've made contact with three different travel agents in Mozambique and all say they are able to ticket a xONEx. I've given them a draft itinerary so we'll see.
Jul 6, 2016, 8:17 am
#257
Join Date: Jan 2005
Posts: 965
Thank God you've got Skype!
I hope you're on the verge of something good.
Perhaps now may be a good time to cut out the last few posts in this thread and start a new thread which will hopefully have some good news soon.
Personally, I've made contact with three different travel agents in Mozambique and all say they are able to ticket a xONEx. I've given them a draft itinerary so we'll see.
I hope you're on the verge of something good.
Perhaps now may be a good time to cut out the last few posts in this thread and start a new thread which will hopefully have some good news soon.
Personally, I've made contact with three different travel agents in Mozambique and all say they are able to ticket a xONEx. I've given them a draft itinerary so we'll see.
Please keep me posted. I prefer to book through airlines because I ultimately change a lot of dates and times and if I call QF I get to the front of the queue due to my status.
Jul 6, 2016, 10:19 am
#258
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: BOS/UTH
Programs: AA LT PLT; QR GLD; Bonvoy LT TIT
Posts: 12,755
Thanks, 747-444. i'm actually ready to construct an itinerary because I want to fly in mid-August.
FWIW, QR appears to have a city ticket office in Maputo and I have the number; but they don't answer the phone. No answer from QR when I asked on FB for an email address for Maputo office.
FWIW, QR appears to have a city ticket office in Maputo and I have the number; but they don't answer the phone. No answer from QR when I asked on FB for an email address for Maputo office.
Jul 6, 2016, 1:30 pm
#259
Moderator, OneWorld
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: SEA
Programs: RAA RIP; AA ExEXP
Posts: 11,802
New thread created
I'm not going to move posts from this thread to the new one so as to keep some sort of continuity; however for ease of access by others it would be helpful if you could reference posts in this thread to those in the new one. I'll also keep this thread open until a reasonable "transition" period has elapsed, then I'll close it.
Gardyloo
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Jul 7, 2016, 11:02 am
#260
Join Date: Sep 2008
Programs: A3 *G, AA exePlat, AS MVP 75k Gold, JL sapphire, UA silver
Posts: 4,035
Thank God you've got Skype!
I hope you're on the verge of something good.
Perhaps now may be a good time to cut out the last few posts in this thread and start a new thread which will hopefully have some good news soon.
Personally, I've made contact with three different travel agents in Mozambique and all say they are able to ticket a xONEx. I've given them a draft itinerary so we'll see.
I hope you're on the verge of something good.
Perhaps now may be a good time to cut out the last few posts in this thread and start a new thread which will hopefully have some good news soon.
Personally, I've made contact with three different travel agents in Mozambique and all say they are able to ticket a xONEx. I've given them a draft itinerary so we'll see.
Jul 7, 2016, 11:39 am
#261
Join Date: Jun 1999
Location: Rio de Janeiro, BRAZIL
Programs: AA 4MM EXP; Starwood Lifetime Plt
Posts: 2,498
The other day I was talking to one of the US AA atw desk agents whom I know from previous interactions. She told me that the credit card address restriction has been dropped and that their desk is now able to book atw fares from any starting point at the published rate by simply converting to USD without regard to the fare from a US origin. I haven't actually had a chance to try it yet, but the agent was absolutely categorical in stating that there is no more restriction as to credit card address and country of origin of an atw ticket. Anyone who has an itinerary ready could try it out.
Jul 7, 2016, 6:16 pm
#262
Join Date: Sep 2008
Programs: A3 *G, AA exePlat, AS MVP 75k Gold, JL sapphire, UA silver
Posts: 4,035
what is aa rtw phone number? going to test out..
Jul 7, 2016, 6:25 pm
#263
Join Date: Jun 1999
Location: Rio de Janeiro, BRAZIL
Programs: AA 4MM EXP; Starwood Lifetime Plt
Posts: 2,498
Jul 7, 2016, 7:59 pm
#264
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But you still have to get the ticket issued in the country where your itin starts, so for MPM, that would be Mozambique.
Jul 7, 2016, 8:27 pm
#265
Join Date: Apr 2007
Programs: QF, VA, AC, Hyatt, Marriott
Posts: 3,784
If and when I get something I'll post again.
Jul 8, 2016, 3:02 pm
#266
Join Date: Jun 1999
Location: Rio de Janeiro, BRAZIL
Programs: AA 4MM EXP; Starwood Lifetime Plt
Posts: 2,498
Jul 8, 2016, 8:57 pm
#267
Join Date: May 2016
Location: HEL
Programs: BA Gold, AA PLT, AS MVP Gold
Posts: 78
Not all of the RTW desk staff were aware of the credit card rule change, but just ask to price reservation in US dollars, it should be then possible to pay it with US desk.
I already started the booking process beginning of the last week, because of the fine tuning of the itinerary and holidays in US, the purchasing process took long time.
I finally got my exMPM DONE5 booking for next year paid and ticketed yesterday. I paid with AA platinum desk, with no questions asked, when the reservation was already in the system as rated. The base fare was 185,350.00MZN that they converted to 2,921.00USD.
However, taxes and carrier imposed charges were quite high because of my routing. I needed to use BA flights because the rule sheet doesn't allow flights segments between Middle East and Europe when the ticket originates from Africa and utilizes backtracking to Africa. Taxes were 479.37USD, YQ and YR were 1,253.10USD, so the total price was 4,653.57USD.
At least one AA RTW desk agent was aware of cheapest starting points for DONEx and instantly knew why I wanted to have an exMPM fare. I would guess that the cheap exMPM xONEx fares will not exist very long time now when it is easy to get those.
Jul 9, 2016, 8:19 am
#268
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: DCA, EGE, IAD
Programs: MR LTT, BA Gold, AA LTP, UA Silver
Posts: 6,077
Does anyone have experience starting a xONEn ex-MPM?
The reason I ask is that I'm curious about the visa requirements. The details on the Mozambique embassy web site here in Washington DC is not as detailed as I would have hoped.
Their web site does mention a transit visa, but no details and nothing specific to a transit visa on their visa application form. It appears that the price of the visa for a US citizen is $160 USD and must be obtained in advance. It does not provide information on how far in advance you can apply for your visa.
If anyone has experience with this, your insights it would be greatly appreciated.
FWIW, I also checked the Destinations | Africa forum but found little helpful info. Only two threads had info within the past year, and most of that was from UK folks.
The reason I ask is that I'm curious about the visa requirements. The details on the Mozambique embassy web site here in Washington DC is not as detailed as I would have hoped.
Their web site does mention a transit visa, but no details and nothing specific to a transit visa on their visa application form. It appears that the price of the visa for a US citizen is $160 USD and must be obtained in advance. It does not provide information on how far in advance you can apply for your visa.
If anyone has experience with this, your insights it would be greatly appreciated.
FWIW, I also checked the Destinations | Africa forum but found little helpful info. Only two threads had info within the past year, and most of that was from UK folks.
Jul 9, 2016, 10:33 am
#269
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: South Florida, USA
Programs: AA PPRO (OW Emerarld), BA Silver, DL PM
Posts: 491
However, taxes and carrier imposed charges were quite high because of my routing. I needed to use BA flights because the rule sheet doesn't allow flights segments between Middle East and Europe when the ticket originates from Africa and utilizes backtracking to Africa. Taxes were 479.37USD, YQ and YR were 1,253.10USD, so the total price was 4,653.57USD.
Jul 9, 2016, 8:52 pm
#270
Join Date: May 2016
Location: HEL
Programs: BA Gold, AA PLT, AS MVP Gold
Posts: 78
I would liked to have routed the ticket from HEL to NBO via DOH, but the rules don't allow flights between Europe and Middle-East when the itinerary utilizes backtracking in Europe/Middle-East. So I needed to use BA flight LHR-NBO.
In addition, QR flight DOH-ORD have higher carrier imposed surcharges, but I can't had routed it from DOH to ORD via Europe, because I needed to use backtracking and I wan't stop at HEL later on the trip. Also it seems that stop at KUL causes higher taxes and surcharges than many other Asian cities.
I haven't tested pricing lot of IB flights, but at least all BA/IB flights that I tried pricing with have caused high YR/YQ surcharges.