I hadn't seen this... amazing resource. Thank you

There was an earlier conversation about this discrepancy.
When RTW fares are searched on EF, selecting both AA and QR for fare display will produce equal results.
QR when searched on its own will show lower fares
Ask a TA to resolve by pricing your trip with QR
Just another complication to wandering
Fred

pandaperth ,

This is a valuable resource. Perpetual thanks for your contributions!

[QUOTE=Cashew1977;37526241]Still valid, but there are a couple of caveats in there. Pakistan implemented a very high excise tax a couple of years ago, so despite it looking cheap on the base fare, that's an unavoidable tax and pushes it above several other departure points. India's tax also pushes it above an ex-TYO. So if you want an ex-Asia, ex-Japan is still cheapest, but with ex-India you can do stopovers in Japan that you can't do ex-Japan.

I realize this doesn't apply for everyone, but US citizens do not have to worry about that.

I went to Libya last year, which would also be a no-no for a non-US citizen wanting to retain ESTA access, but nothing the USG can do about it for a US citizen.

Well.... Three months later, looking to check in online for my first flight, always a good idea I find, turns out that adult had reverted to a child on the underlying (non AA) ticket with QR. It took over an hour to identify the problem and then fix it. Apparently the wrong birthday had gone thru in some DOB fields.... Not entirely sure when and how (maybe per ticket?) but the agent said it took checking/removing from 300 fields to fix it. No problem checking in then though, which is obviously key. So the answer if anyone gets this same bizarre situation is, ring up, get the AA desk to ask for support who worked out the problem and then they went to what I presume was level 3 support to fix!

Note, probably impossible to see the problem in advance as the tickets clearly said DONE4/DONE4CH, the prices were correct etc.

Anyway, happy to be starting this next trip which will take us to AKL and NAN amongst others.
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[QUOTE=Cashew1977;37526241]Apologies for the rookie question. Are these base fare prices, and then taxes and fees on top?

[QUOTE=Deckter;37543429]Yes. They are typically 5-40% additional depending on routing, carriers, flight codes, plating carrier etc.

Comparing net after tax purchase price to net after-tax purchase price?

India has a 12% tax on all premium cabin tickets.

Hoping to get some assistance (again) from the experts. I am in the process of planning 2027 travel and the routing I am coming up with looks like it could be worked into a DONE4. Before I spend a lot of time planning it all out, I want to confirm that it would work with the non-negotiable destinations. I played around with the One World itinerary builder and got some error messages. I know it has it's issues, but wanted to get your input and suggestions. I have done two of these tickets before, so I am not a total rookie, but I don't have the experience that many of you do! Here is what I put in the builder:

OSL xLON-NBO-DOH-MLE-KUL-HKG-LAX-HEL-OSL

I get this error message under the OSL-LON & the NBO-DOH segments: Your trip may include two stopovers over 24 hours in the continent where your journey started. If your itinerary includes both of these in your country of origin, one must be outbound and the other inbound. Additional stopovers under 24 hours are permitted in your itinerary. Please select a different date or flight.

The destinations that need to stay are NBO and then back to Europe at the end. I will add more segments once I figure out if this is even doable. The MLE stop is not a must if that throws anything off. I could go straight to Asia and get my beach fix in the Philippines. Other than Nairobi and ending in Europe, I am open to destinations to add in.

Thank you in advance for your help!

Your itinerary is valid OSL-xLON-NBO-DOH-MLE-KUL-HKG-LAX-HEL-OSL

As you pointed out, the online tool has its issues; and the error message you are getting is spurious.

I managed to price up your itinerary using the tool:
Base Fare: NOK57,959
+++: NOK17,467
TOTAL: NOK75,423

The trick to getting it to price was to specify the first segment as OSL-NBO

Doesn't the connection (London or Doha) need to be included here?

Ultimately on your ticket the full routing will need to be shown
So in your case either OSL-xLHR-NBO or OSL-xDOH-NBO
But with the tool you can just specify the end points (i.e. OSL-NBO) and the tool will attempt (and tbh often fail) to construct a valid routing

For the itinerary I managed to price up, I just specified OSL-NBO at the start; the tool found a routing and priced it up. The routing wasn't one you would want I expect (it was OSL-xLHR-xDOH-NBO) but the tool validated it and priced it - which is probably all you want at this planning stage.

Ah- okay, thank you. I have been playing around with different routes for the beginning of the journey, so that getting to NBO would be more efficient:
OSL xDOH-NBO-DAR-MCT-MNL-HKG-LAX (Will work on NA routing)- LHR-OSL. However, is the rule still valid that the first flight can not be on Qatar? Then it would have to be OSL xLHR-DOH-NBO or back to the original plan?

Thank you!

There is no rule that prevents QR from being the first flight.
Have you downloaded the rules?
https://www.oneworld.com/round-the-world Look in FAQ

And very useful QF link from 2018, but assume still current, as regions do not change.
https://www.qantas.com/content/dam/q...continents.pdf

From DAR Wikipedia no oneworld airline fly's NBO-DAR non stop. Could do as land segment -DOH-NBO, DAR-MCT-
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius...tional_Airport