Oneworld booking and pricing experiences
Nov 23, 2018, 10:25 pm
#873
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: BOS/UTH
Programs: AA LT PLT; QR GLD; Bonvoy LT TIT
Posts: 12,745
Indeed! After not having checked in a while, I saw your post and took a look at a random two week trip in April. I'm always in the market for roundtrips to BOS in J. $1,757 on Jet/Virgin Atlantic/Delta. My usual ride on that route, QR, is $4,810.
Nov 24, 2018, 8:16 am
#874
Join Date: Apr 2000
Posts: 2,637
Edit: Spread is a bit larger than I remember, IONE3 $5340 & DONE3 $6140, $800 difference. Japan still best for DONE3 @ $5810.
Last edited by headinclouds; Nov 24, 2018 at 6:34 pm Reason: fare update
Nov 24, 2018, 9:49 am
#875
Join Date: Aug 2004
Programs: AA (EP), Hilton (Diamond), Marriott Bonvoy (Titanium)
Posts: 8,937
I see ex-CAI xONEx fares on AA, QR, JL, CX, UL, etc. (but not BA). $7,886 for DONE4, $8,110 for DONE5. Can't recall if they were gone for a while or just jacked up.
Last edited by anabolism; Nov 24, 2018 at 9:56 am
Nov 24, 2018, 7:17 pm
#878
Join Date: Aug 2004
Programs: AA (EP), Hilton (Diamond), Marriott Bonvoy (Titanium)
Posts: 8,937
Nov 24, 2018, 8:01 pm
#879
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Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: London
Posts: 17,007
The list is published somewhere*,
EF does show it in the routing information for some fares, depending on the upstream provider.
* Edit: “somewhere” is Resolution 024a.
Last edited by Calchas; Nov 25, 2018 at 4:59 am
Nov 25, 2018, 12:30 am
#880
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: used to be PER, now it's nowhere/eveywhere
Programs: QFF NB, AA GLD
Posts: 3,464
and the fares are still in EGP
Though much more expensive than they were before the fare was pulled, in late 2016
In late 2016, the base fare for a DONE4 was EGP44,000
now it is EGP141,000
prior to the EGP devaluation in November 2016 - that EGP44,000 equated to about USD5,000
After the devaluation is equated to about USD3,250
(see this 2016 thread for discussion of the old fare - [FARES GONE] Egyptian Pound Devalued - bargain prices for RTW tickets)
The new base fare now equates to about USD7,900
So certainly no longer the bargain it once was
BUT should the EGP get devalued again...
Last edited by pandaperth; Nov 25, 2018 at 6:01 am
Nov 25, 2018, 1:46 pm
#882
Join Date: Aug 2004
Programs: AA (EP), Hilton (Diamond), Marriott Bonvoy (Titanium)
Posts: 8,937
Code:
V FARE BASIS BK FARE TRAVEL-TICKET AP MINMAX RTG 1 DONE4 D‡R 7886.00 ---- -/‡ -/12M RW01 PASSENGER TYPE-ADT AUTO PRICE-YES FROM-CAI TO-CAI CXR-QR TVL-12DEC18 RULE-3015 RWR2/346 FARE BASIS-DONE4 SPECIAL FARE DIS-E VENDOR-ATP FARE TYPE-BRW RT-BUSINESS CLASS AROUND THE WORLD EGP141000.00 0043 E06FEB17 D-INFINITY FC-DONE4 FN-5A SYSTEM DATES - CREATED 19AUG18/0910 EXPIRES INFINITY
Nov 26, 2018, 7:56 am
#883
Join Date: Apr 2000
Posts: 2,637
But the conversion rate is off a little bit. Looking at the Sri Lankan fares, they are using a rate of 178.4 LKR/ US$, while the rate on Sunday was 179.4 and today it is 180.2 I believe that Calchas stated that the bank rates are only updated once per week. Is this still true? When I bought my ex-CAI ticket 4 days after the devaluation over a weekend, I got the higher rate. Just curious.
Nov 27, 2018, 1:30 pm
#884
Join Date: May 2006
Location: SAN
Programs: Lots of faux metal
Posts: 6,416
Dec 20, 2018, 6:21 am
#885
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: ADL
Programs: QF WP, QP Life, LT Gold, AA, DL
Posts: 142
Must book RTW through 1st carrier...?
Just got off the phone with the AA RTW desk (well at least that's the number I called...) to make a new booking, and the agent I tried to book with refused to make the booking, saying that they've been told to tell customers that they must now make new bookings with the airline of the 1st flight. In my case this would be CX. (I want to start ex HND.)
Has anyone else had this experience? Or did I just get an inexperienced agent...
I may try againg in a few hours and see if I get a different response...
Thx in advance
Medicus
Has anyone else had this experience? Or did I just get an inexperienced agent...
I may try againg in a few hours and see if I get a different response...
Thx in advance
Medicus