I'm curious about the "A" class booking on the DOH - ORD route.

Is this due to a temporary A380 substitution on the route --- and if so, what expectation do you have about what will occur if QR reverts to its usual 2-cabin B777 on the date of your flight?

Are involuntary cabin downgrades ever reimbursed or compensated on AONEx tickets --- and if so, who do you think that you would receive it from (i.e. QR, who would not sell you the "A" ticket on that sector, or AA)?

TIA for your thoughts.

Maybe we should start another thread titled "Another DONEx originating MPM
or better yet put the posts about these tickets in the new custom-purpose thread http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/onewo...periences.html
(where I hope to be posting tomorrow:D)

I am still a little confused by the rules about transiting through Europe/Middle East twice. Would the following be a valid itinerary:
MPM-xDOH-LAX-JFK-SCL-IPC-SCL-GIG-xJFK-HKG-CMB-NRT-LHR-ATH-MAD-DOH-CPT
Any advice welcome.

My bad, I mis-typed. When I booked this there was no D on the QR flight, but there was D on the AA code share of that flight for the day I wanted.

My flight is not until the end of the year and is supposed to be a 77W. I'll keep an eye on it now that you've brought it to my attention and if it changes, I'll change to A.

AA rtw says it is not valid.

Maybe

MPM-xDOH-LAX-JFK-SCL-IPC-SCL-GIG-xJFK-HKG-CMB-NRT-LHR-ATH-MAD-DOH-MPM
or
MPM-xDOH-LAX-JFK-SCL-IPC-SCL-GIG-xJFK-HKG-CMB-NRT-LHR-ATH-MAD-DOH-WDH

would be valid since the routing involves neither South Africa or Mauritius.

aa says mad doh is not allowed. u can argue with aa as much as u want but if the rate desk wont rate, what can u do?

ex-MPM DONE5 paid in AUD
 

My next DONE5 has just been ticketed by Qantas

AUD 3,769 Base Fare
AUD 751.75 Taxes and Fees
AUD 390.40 Carrier imposed charges
AUD 4,911.15 TOTAL (approx. USD3,700)

The travel agent I used in Australia charged me a AUD241 service fee

And by the way everybody - the agent who did this said that QF commented on how cheap the fare was and that "something will have to be done about that".
It might be wise to purchase sooner rather than later

I am about to book my DONE5 for next year and the ONE WORLD booking tool price was horrific something like 124000 ZAR per person ex JNB which is a huge jump on last years ticketing...Will call RTW desk in AA in Dallas and see what they price it at
JNB-LHR-LIS-LHR-INN-LHR-MIA-LIR-DFW-JFK-HKG-MEL-BNE-MEL-SYD-JNB

A few years ago I had an AGLOBxx ticket with a CX sector booked / confirmed in A. Booking and ticketing was by CX. Due to an aircraft sub I ended up in Business. CX refused any compensation stating that I could be put in a lower class without compensation. I didn't fight it as it was only a short flight

If you go back and read the posts in this thread from June 3 you'll find the prices ex-SA have increased by about 50%. If you want the former SA fares, they're still available from ex-WDH or even better prices ex-MPM. Read the last few pages of posts as there is a lot of good info.

And I have posted about my successfully ticketed ex-MPM DONE5 just a few hours ago in this thread http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/onewo...periences.html

Alas the price ex JNB (/SA) was hiked substantially a few weeks back. You can still ticket ex Mozambique (MPM) for similar old prices and that's what those few here looking to ticket recently have done. Best of all, the AA RTW desk is taking these bookings direct without arguing over what card you are using.

They operate 7am to 8pm Monday to Friday and 8am to 6pm Saturday and Sunday. All times local to Dallas, TX.

Directly line (works on Skype overseas) is 1-800-247-3247.

So not ideal when being overseas...but honestly has worked well for me. The 3 times I had issues was on late night departures out of SIN, KUL and JNB. It was the middle of the day in Dallas and they stepped in and fixed everything. Love the AA RTW Team...

Moderator note

I have copied threads dated 20 July 2016 and later from this thread - http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/onewo...cpt-query.html - to this one, and have closed the prior thread. The flow of posts on the old thread was becoming increasingly irrelevant to the thread's title, and the discussion was spreading over several different threads, creating problems with continuity.

Posts are entered here according to their posting time/date, so there may be some gaps in sequencing caused by the integration of the older posts into this thread's "timeline," but hopefully members will figure things out.