Quick question on DONE5. If I change a transfer to a stopover does it trigger a reprice? Trying to get CX CTS-HKG-PER but the CTS-HKG flights in early Feb that connect with HKG-PER are all showing D0. Not sure why maybe Chinese New Year?

I believe so. Done maybe once (aa RTW desk) and it was reprice with a fee due for doing so. I would expect it to given taxes and/or surcharges often increase and the airline mindset is it's a big difference: think how they price/treat AAA-BBB-CCC vs AAA-xBBB-CCC if buying that as a stand alone ticket.​

I usually avoid ticketing with any transits unless that makes things much more expensive or impossible because I have always (~10 times, via ba and aa) been able change a stopover to a transit without repricing even though that too probably should reprice and i suspect you could demand it in the cases it reduces cost by enough to more than cover the fee.

OK yeah thanks Murphy's law it is the only transfer left on the itin. I'll keep an alert on EF for avail opening up.

Question,
I got my PNR with complete list of itinerary in QF website. I checked my cc statement, it yet to be charged.
Should I call QF to follow up the payment, or just wait for them to call?

CX is a pain with married segment availability from Japan to Australia and New Zealand anywhere remotely close to a holiday. I got extremely lucky on my last one and snagged the one and only CX D fare from anywhere in Japan to New Zealand the entire week after Christmas, NRT-xHKG-AKL, but I had to keep an eye out for it for a while. Really thought I was going to have to do a stopover in HKG which would have cost me a day in NZ.

That's a bummer, I was thinking of ending one in TUN to link up to the good RJ fares out of there. Might then just leave CAI as the end point on it with a very long stopover in DOH and unsure if I'll ever use the final DOH-CAI or not.

I wouldn't rely on QF to call, and depending on the airlines on the itinerary some may cancel if not ticketed soon (CX is bad about this)

Did you get an e-mail with an e-ticket number?

not yet, but i got notification overnight that the credit card is now charged.

I just call the their hotline, agent said the flights are confirmed. Sent me 2 emails with 2 tickets number (13 digits - 2 digits) for 2 pax, i suppose this means all good then?

Yes, having ticket numbers assigned means it was ticketed/confirmed.

Yes. I don't think these QF tickets are confirmed until you get the Qantas e-mail with the 081 ticket number.

I am still waiting for the official email from QF regarding the ticket I purchased on Monday (see post 1719)
But I'm not concerned at this stage because I can see (on the Finnair site) that the ticket has been issued (and I have the ticket number)
The ticket cost shows a pending transaction on my credit card statement.

So I'll give it another day or so, and then contact QF it I still have nothing official from them.

I had just started my AONE3 ex-TYO 2 weeks ago and read about the devaluation while in the Bahamas. Though tempting, I've been through this before in 2017 when the EGP went from 8/$ to 16/$. I'm surprised that this is still alive. If I jump into booking another RTW, would you use the link from an airlines website or just go to the oneworld site? I would book a simple RTW, then adjust after flying the 1st flight.

But to my booking question. I have 6 flight segments in N. Am continent booked and want to add an open segment. I know that counts as 1 of my 16 segments, but the AA agent told me I that I could not have any additional segments in N. Am. I stated that the rules say flight segments, but she said that an open segment is still a flight segment. I did not push it. Is this a question of hang up and call again?

Definitely HUACA
The rule is quite clear, and it even emphasises the word flight:ETA: Provided the surface segment is not between Hawaii and the mainland - no backtracking allowed.

Just an FYI
All the Star Alliance carriers have pulled their ex-CAI RTW fares in all classes.
Oneworld carriers are the only ones at the moment with ex-CAI fares.
Good luck and hurry up.

You can book a RTW from the Oneworld site, which usually goes to QF, and then rebook dates after the first flight.

An open segment being an open-jaw that you're treating as a surface segment? eg flying DFW-BOS and then JFK-MEM without any flight from JFK-BOS? Yes, that does count as a segment like a flight segment.