Paid fares are different to various oneworld award products, so this is not the correct thread.

you’ll need to find the individual thread for a given airline award which is an entirely different product. The only similarity is that they both go to cities on the same planet and use oneworld carriers.

One World Explorer is a cash-only fare. You cannot buy that fare with points, regardless of the program in which you have points.

You can construct an itinerary that goes around the world with point redemptions for individual flights, but it's unlikely to be cheap.

I thought that if this thread had a Wikipost, the foregoing should be the first paragraph.

Then I realized it would go even better in this thread, and added it accordingly (in the third person).

https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/onew...ser-guide.html

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Interesting problem seems to be developing (Sri Lankan TA and UL issued)
When originally ticketed , CX had not finalized the HKG-CMB flight schedules for an exNRT DONE3 with first flight NRT direct to ORD.
Then there was a reissue due to an Iberia schedule changes and missing connections.
But essentially no issues with the first 17 segments and the ticket was issued(and reissued)
Following the first in continent stopover at KUL KUL-DEL-CMB(stop 2)-NRT was the routing
When asked to reticket to KUL-HKG(9 hour layover)-CMB(stop)-NRT, the TA has received a great deal of grief (including trying to enforce the GLOB34 distance limit) from the airline (either CX or her reservation system (Galileo)).

Is the re-issue via HKG legitimate?
As a separate ticket (KUL-HKG-CMB), Google flights (at least at one point) would show the flights but CX would not ticket.
The answer would provide peace of mind during the wandering
Fred

I just booked a DONE3 through the Oneworld booking tool - was surprisingly quick and easy. What was weird is that it ticketed on Qantas 081- Stock, even though there's no QF legs in there? I'm not particularly bothered, but seems a bit weird to me.

Does ticketing carrier actually make any difference? - Or is it just that I have to phone QF if I want to make changes etc?

Do a search for QF ticketing in this forum and relive everyone's misery.

Some *ONE* will ticket by the first airline and others will default to QF.
As above you should be bothered that QF issued the ticket.
If any schedule changes or changes by you be very careful. QF have a habit of not reticketing after schedule changes in time so the other airline can auto cancels. Common with CX flights.
So check, check and check.

Their call centres are particularly bad, and will gaslight you into bizarre things, like big cities not exisiting and they’ll make up their own rules.

Go in knowing the rules and try not to make any changes and you should be ok.

Oh dear.... Thanks for this. I'll be sure to keep my eye on this. Thankfully most of the cities I'm visiting have QF local offices or representation, so will make sure I'm at the airports with plenty of time.

What is your route?
Those QF reps may be outsouced baggage handling and checkin. All QF lounges are out sourced and not operated by Qantas, so f&b only. Large AU airports can have a QF service desk. Ticketing issues are something that airport people in QF uniforms may not do. Ticketing is a separate functon. At some QF airports thay tell you to phone Qantas if any problems. QF phone agents in Manilia, Fiji, Capetown, Auckland and Hobart. You will not get to talk to Hobart:-for QF top teir only.
But senior QF managament contine to get big $$$ bonus.

Passing through OSL, HEL, SIN, HND, SFO, LAS and DFW. At least SIN, HND and SFO have some kind of QF ticketing-(ish) presence. As for the rest of the segments: in my experience, AY tends to be okay about day of departure stuff when it's under airport control. Hopefully all will be fine :)

Departure is in a few weeks, so very little time for sched changes, and I don't currently plan on making any notable changes to the ticket, so should be okay.

Curious if Oneworld Emerald status non-QF gets me through to a decent contact center? - Or am I a mere mortal with QF?

Yes, ticketing carrier makes a difference, especially the carrier imposed charges.

while you don’t plan on making changes why wouldn’t you create the routing and book from AA?

I had (wrongly?) assumed that my ticketing carrier defaulted to the first carrier, or first significant (long haul) carrier?

Seems I could just phone AA or BA and ask them to ticket. That said, part of my reason for doing a DONE is to collect a few more BA tier points and to trigger Emerald for Life. So, having my ticket plated on non BA/AA/IB stock may actually help force a 'distance based' calculation vs revenue based miles/tier points. Will see how this tradeoff lands ...

Apologies if this is the wrong thread but I can't find where to post this question.
If I book a RTW ticket with AY as the issusing carrier, and I credit the points to BA, will that mean I will get the AY distance to tier mile conversion for all my flights or just the ones with AY (i.e. is operating carrier more important than marketing carrier). And if I credit the points to AY, will I get the points based on spend or on distance flown on non-AY operated flights?