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Originally Posted by UserMark
(Post 36070491)
This is true, from what I found in Sabre. It looks like the QR flight number is allowed to be in A for the DONEx fares, but not the AA flight number. If you use the AA flight number, it prices as AONEx. Of course any airline can override that, but apparenty QF does not want to.
We all know that isn't true, but not much you can do if QF says that and you want QF to ticket it. |
Just sharing update, once I click "Book Itinerary" with credit card details, it send me to confirmation page with PNR.
It mentioned that e-ticket will be issued upon payment finalized. |
Originally Posted by ironmanjt
(Post 36070740)
Few points:
When I was dealing with a medical issue a few weeks back QF confirmed to me the refund charge is 5% of the base fare - 100% of taxes would get refunded. So you might need to HUCA, but right now looks like refund charge is < 200 USD. Does anyone have a list of what jacks the YR/YQ charges? So far, it seems to be:
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Originally Posted by ironmanjt
(Post 36070740)
Few points:
When I was dealing with a medical issue a few weeks back QF confirmed to me the refund charge is 5% of the base fare - 100% of taxes would get refunded. So you might need to HUCA, but right now looks like refund charge is < 200 USD. Does anyone have a list of what jacks the YR/YQ charges? So far, it seems to be:
- BA certainly add a few hundreds AUD - QR add as well, but lesser than BA - when I switch from RJ to IB in CAI - Europe, almost 1k reduction - for my KUL - TYO segment, switching from JL to MH save about 300 - taking any segment that requires QR to upgrade to first class, will add 6-7k. all these on 2 pax pricing |
Changes to existing RTW with CAI fares
Hi all.
I booked a DONE5 out of OSL for later in the year (Oct/Nov) in December, with BA. I am considering asking them to price a change both to starting from CAI and an upgrade to an AONE4 given the fares available from CAI. From reading the fare rules this looks possible but just wanted to get the view of the experienced RTWers before I try, assuming the fares last that long? Cheers. |
Originally Posted by CargoHoldFlyer
(Post 36070152)
So I've been playing around with this quite a bit, with the online tool, SABRE and with the AA desk. ex-CAI different airlines have published different fares. It appears QR and AA have published fares in USD while the rest are publishing in EGP. Further, it appears that the fare selected is based on the "dominant" carrier, which seems to be the first overwater/long-haul carrier OR the first carrier. For me here's what I saw:
CAI-xDOH-DXB-xLHR-PMI-xMAD-DFW-GRU-JFK-xHKG-DXB - priced out at USD $6K+ but changing it to CAI-xLHR-PMI-xMAD-DFW-GRU-JFK-xHKG-DXB (and ensuring that I only use BA, IB and CX for the over water segments) - priced this at $3442. (validating on CX) If I used the AA flight from MAD to DFW - it prices using AA base fare (>$7k), if I use QR in the first segment it uses QR base fare (>$5k). With these restrictions in mind - I was able to get the AA desk to price the itinerary at around $3,800 (validating/ticketing on AA) - higher YQ and taxes but perhaps worth it to deal with the AA RTW. Good luck |
Originally Posted by dvs7310
(Post 36070639)
Hold up, which itinerary were you able to get AA to price at $3800? I was looking at one yesterday that QF would have been ticketing for closer to $4800 so didn't bite. For $3800 I would. Would be looking at a DONE4 just like you have posted but would be doing Africa instead of South America. But I'd want JL and QR for my long segments intra-Asia and to/from Asia. Will have to suck it up and take an AA overwater, maybe MAD or LHR to get AA to ticket it.
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Originally Posted by steveholt
(Post 36071385)
I was able to get CAI-LHR-JFK-LAX-DFW-JFK-SYD-DOH-DXB booked for $6021 AUD, which is about $3975 US.
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Originally Posted by ironmanjt
(Post 36070740)
Few points:
When I was dealing with a medical issue a few weeks back QF confirmed to me the refund charge is 5% of the base fare - 100% of taxes would get refunded. So you might need to HUCA, but right now looks like refund charge is < 200 USD. Does anyone have a list of what jacks the YR/YQ charges? So far, it seems to be:
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Originally Posted by steveholt
(Post 36071425)
The QF fuel surcharges are on ex-US flights on AA-ticketed RTWs. I didn't experience the same inflation (about $1K) on my QF-ticketed RTW. I also found that CAI-LHR-JFK on BA was several hundred dollars cheaper than CAI-AMM-JFK on RJ and a thousand dollars cheaper than CAI-MAD-JFK on IB as opposed to CAI-LHR-JFK on BA.
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Originally Posted by danger
(Post 36070333)
I asked Qantas to price the following DONE4:
CAI-xDOH-DFW-xANC (AA codes) ANC-ORD ORD-SJU SJU-CLT CLT-MEX MEX-JFK JFK-SYD SYD-BLR BLR-KUL KUL-HKG (CX) HKG-xLHR-CDG (BA) CDG-xDOH-AMM (QR)... Qantas said I must end in CAI. The agent I spoke with was fully aware of the Middle East exception (among the others) but he insisted five "senior ticketing agents" had all looked at the rules and said I must in CAI. More concerning, he said the oneworld desk also supported that position. "The continent of Europe-Middle East consists of 2 zones: o Europe (including Algeria, Morocco, Russia west of the Urals and Tunisia) o Middle East (including Egypt, Libya and Sudan) " |
Originally Posted by LilZeppelin
(Post 36071645)
The rules define Middle East as Egypt Sudan Libia not Jordan.I suppose Jordan is in Asia.
"The continent of Europe-Middle East consists of 2 zones: o Europe (including Algeria, Morocco, Russia west of the Urals and Tunisia) o Middle East (including Egypt, Libya and Sudan) " |
Originally Posted by jerry a. laska
(Post 36071739)
Jordan is in the Middle East for purposes of these tickets and as part of IATA TC2; "Egypt, Libya and Sudan" are listed as included in the Middle East as they geographically would normally be part of Africa.
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Originally Posted by dvs7310
(Post 36072689)
To that point, it's the entire band of countries across North Africa including Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia as well.
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Qantas FAQ page for RTW bookings
FWIW I see QF has an FAQ page for RTW bookings.
Questions about your round the world (qantas.com) There isn't much on the page, but does provide an SMS number (0477QANTAS) to use when making enquiries (I think it's only for existing bookings, not to discuss planned bookings) Note: if you are outside Australia, then the number is +61477QANTAS Given that the on-line booking tool appears to default to QF for bookings, this may be useful. |
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