Jun 5, 2025, 12:53 am
Oneworld booking and pricing experiences
Nov 18, 2025 | 10:34 pm
#3121
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Changes are permitted provided ticketed points remain the same. If the first flight coupon is being changed, and the fare level has increased since ticket issuance, the difference between the old and new fare will be charged. If the fare level has decreased since ticket issuance, no refund will apply. (emphasis added)
Since JFK-GRU is not the first flight in the itinerary, I would say no, based on the wording above. Clearly if you wait until after you fly the first flight, changing carriers without changing ticketed points does not result in a fare recalculation or reissue/change fee.
Nov 19, 2025 | 12:16 am
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Nov 22, 2025 | 7:12 am
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I've booked a DONE6 starting from OSL in March which includes:
JFK-GRU (AA)
stopover
GRU-MIA-PHL (AA)
With all three legs in mid September.
I need to change the dates of those flights and stopover to early September. The routings wouldn't change at all. If I make the date change now (before the first flight of the booking in March) will it cause the entire trip to be repriced?
I also noticed that the JFK-GRU leg is sold as a JL codeshare on AA metal. Would changing to the JL codeshare cause a reprice of the whole trip?
JFK-GRU (AA)
stopover
GRU-MIA-PHL (AA)
With all three legs in mid September.
I need to change the dates of those flights and stopover to early September. The routings wouldn't change at all. If I make the date change now (before the first flight of the booking in March) will it cause the entire trip to be repriced?
I also noticed that the JFK-GRU leg is sold as a JL codeshare on AA metal. Would changing to the JL codeshare cause a reprice of the whole trip?
Nov 22, 2025 | 5:45 pm
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Dec 4, 2025 | 12:20 pm
#3125
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Excellent thread!
I am looking to book my first DONE3.
Does this itinerary look valid? Any suggestions for improvement - my objective is to fly better business class cabins and to include these stopovers...
OSL BA/AY LHR stop QR DOH QR DXB stop CX HKG CX SIN stop CX HKG CX TYO stop JL SFO stop AA DFW AA JFK stop BA/AA LHR BA PMI stop AY HEL AY OSL
Thanks in advance for sharing your expertise and experiences.
I am looking to book my first DONE3.
Does this itinerary look valid? Any suggestions for improvement - my objective is to fly better business class cabins and to include these stopovers...
OSL BA/AY LHR stop QR DOH QR DXB stop CX HKG CX SIN stop CX HKG CX TYO stop JL SFO stop AA DFW AA JFK stop BA/AA LHR BA PMI stop AY HEL AY OSL
Thanks in advance for sharing your expertise and experiences.
Dec 4, 2025 | 1:15 pm
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Excellent thread!
I am looking to book my first DONE3.
Does this itinerary look valid? Any suggestions for improvement - my objective is to fly better business class cabins and to include these stopovers...
OSL BA/AY LHR stop QR DOH QR DXB stop CX HKG CX SIN stop CX HKG CX TYO stop JL SFO stop AA DFW AA JFK stop BA/AA LHR BA PMI stop AY HEL AY OSL
Thanks in advance for sharing your expertise and experiences.
I am looking to book my first DONE3.
Does this itinerary look valid? Any suggestions for improvement - my objective is to fly better business class cabins and to include these stopovers...
OSL BA/AY LHR stop QR DOH QR DXB stop CX HKG CX SIN stop CX HKG CX TYO stop JL SFO stop AA DFW AA JFK stop BA/AA LHR BA PMI stop AY HEL AY OSL
Thanks in advance for sharing your expertise and experiences.
A map from the Great Circle Mapper - Great Circle Mapper
OSL-LHR, LHR--DOH-DXB, DXB-HKG-SIN, SIN-HKG-TYO, TYO-SFO, SFO-DFW-JFK, JFK-LHR-PMI, PMI-HEL-OSL
A map from the Great Circle Mapper - Great Circle Mapper
Stopping over in LHR will attract a hefty UK APD when leaving.
You have 6 EU-ME segments. Only allowed 4, OSL-LHR, LHR-DOH-DXB, LHR-PMI, PMI-HEL-OSL
Be careful about the TYO airport HND & NRT. Any ground segment will count.
Going to the far side of a USA continent (east) , then back to the west, then from west to UK will get more miles - more in business class. eg. TYO-JFK-SFO-DFW-LHR (have not checked flights)
Last edited by Mwenenzi; Dec 5, 2025 at 12:27 am
Dec 5, 2025 | 4:26 am
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Dec 5, 2025 | 1:10 pm
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Excellent thread!
I am looking to book my first DONE3.
Does this itinerary look valid? Any suggestions for improvement - my objective is to fly better business class cabins and to include these stopovers...
OSL BA/AY LHR stop QR DOH QR DXB stop CX HKG CX SIN stop CX HKG CX TYO stop JL SFO stop AA DFW AA JFK stop BA/AA LHR BA PMI stop AY HEL AY OSL
Thanks in advance for sharing your expertise and experiences.
I am looking to book my first DONE3.
Does this itinerary look valid? Any suggestions for improvement - my objective is to fly better business class cabins and to include these stopovers...
OSL BA/AY LHR stop QR DOH QR DXB stop CX HKG CX SIN stop CX HKG CX TYO stop JL SFO stop AA DFW AA JFK stop BA/AA LHR BA PMI stop AY HEL AY OSL
Thanks in advance for sharing your expertise and experiences.
Dec 5, 2025 | 6:27 pm
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Just a new data point on a slightly different scenario. In this case, I recently booked an ex-HND DONE3 including a QR DFW-DOH. segment. It was ok to book it as AA codeshare.
Dec 6, 2025 | 9:53 am
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I'm having some difficulty with the airline which issued my xONEx ex OSL. It's saying I can't have a stopover in LON, only a transit on my final DOH-LHR-OSL segments.My read of the fare rules is that up to two stopovers are permitted in the continent of origin. I've so far used one, earlier in the journey.
Dec 6, 2025 | 12:21 pm
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I'm having some difficulty with the airline which issued my xONEx ex OSL. It's saying I can't have a stopover in LON, only a transit on my final DOH-LHR-OSL segments.My read of the fare rules is that up to two stopovers are permitted in the continent of origin. I've so far used one, earlier in the journey.
I have a BA-issued DONE3. I'm considering changing one of the segments from a BA code (as ticketed) to the JL code share when D class for the latter becomes available. My question isn't about use of code shares - my itinerary features several of them, though I acknowledge others have reported difficulty booking these. My question is about the consequent change (in my favor) for YR/YQ charges - JL's are about half those of BA. At re-issue will that mean I receive a small refund?
There should be no Explorer change fee, as I'm not changing the ticketed points, though I half expect BA to impose a service fee for the change.
There should be no Explorer change fee, as I'm not changing the ticketed points, though I half expect BA to impose a service fee for the change.
To answer my own earlier question (#3071), in case the information is helpful to someone else.
I managed to get through to the agent who originally booked my ticket. D class grabbed for the code share, change made and within an hour confirmation that taxes had been recalculated 115 in my favour. No change or service fee.
Glad I could reach this agent, as a colleague of his who I spoke to earlier told me there was no D class availability. Sometimes it pays to HUACA.
I managed to get through to the agent who originally booked my ticket. D class grabbed for the code share, change made and within an hour confirmation that taxes had been recalculated 115 in my favour. No change or service fee.
Glad I could reach this agent, as a colleague of his who I spoke to earlier told me there was no D class availability. Sometimes it pays to HUACA.
Dec 6, 2025 | 2:55 pm
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Well I would like to visit family in UK, but the stopover could be elsewhere such as AMS, I don't mind a side trip on points.
Otherwise, SIN (or BKK) is the only other required stop. TYO would be nice as it has been a few years. Likewise SOF (or SJC) for Silicon Valley.
Thank you all.
Otherwise, SIN (or BKK) is the only other required stop. TYO would be nice as it has been a few years. Likewise SOF (or SJC) for Silicon Valley.
Thank you all.
Dec 6, 2025 | 3:04 pm
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Your other postsIs a vast choice of routes - stopovers for *ONE* RTW tickets