Thank you, this is super helpful. I've done so and the total taxes on that receipt is �651.99, o/w �268 is YQ/YR. Unfortunately it doesn't make up the full total though, but I'll do some more investigating, perhaps this only is the total for the AY codeshares.

It may cap at 24 on the email itself - the .pdf attached can show at least 30 - other than it generally lists all such charges attached to a ticket.

Look for an XT entry. This is a general bucket identifier when amounts are combined in a tax/fee/charge box.

This is all I can see (from the PDF attachment; though it matches the email):

Hey wandering_fred - so interesting thing has happened. AA desk allowed me to book this. I was booking two itineraries both of which included this scenario. They then went different directions for later segments but the transit without stopover in MIA between GIG and BOG is on both.

Today I got notification that one had been priced ready for payment and the other has a routing issue and I need to call. When I called the agent said it was those sectors as you suggested but then I asked why the other booking was OK and she agreed that it was strange - I did say I expected it to be the case but then also stated that the rules allow a second intl/arrival in NA provided it is a transit without stopover and I also mentioned the fact there are no other internal flights within SA (save QR GIG-EZE) so almost pointless including SA in a DONEx in any case but at least this helps if allowed.

The agent spoke to the rates desk and pointed out one had been rated and the rate desk said yep should be ok and they will rate mine as well and come back with pricing in an hour or so.

Yet to be confirmed but if it comes through then I have a couple of questions for the learned:

1) I'm almost certain to need to make date changes to these bookings down the track - am I likely to hit potential grief with that even though AA has accepted it and ticketed it prob outside the rules?
2) Is the only point of having two NA arrivals/departures rule to add some minor flexibility to an XONEX say perhaps for itins originating in SA to allow a few more options/ways of getting out of or back into SA? And perhaps allowing a few additional cities in SA to be added to a routing that are accessible only through the US eg CLO/MDE etc?

If they do start to interpret it that a re-entry to SA is ok in conjunction with a transit without stopover in NA is OK then it def improves the dire lack of OW options in that continent

Looks like the Finnair tools has limits - I see 30 entries in the PDF for a booking I have while only the first 24 are listed in the body of the email.

Open-jaw between origin and destination is not counted as a sector in the ticket.

I thought 20 sectors was the limit of paper tickets (i. e., a book of tickets can contain at most 5 conjuncted tickets), hence the limit of xONEx back then. Did I remember wrong?

I believe the original xONEx fare rules did not have any specific limitation on the total number of segments.

Here is an early references on this forum to such of 26 segments.

oneworld RTW analysis...

Thanks for finding this!

A year ago, I had a DONE4 that started in HND and ended with MCO-lax-kix-BKK-HND. The official guide states that's not allowed, AA desk booked it and in effect extended the North American exception of allowing a transit through originating country. Then I changed the dates and AA desk again didn't have an issue with it. Flew the flights with no issue. Of course, that was then and hopefully you'll not have any issues with date changes, but time will tell if this is an AA standard practice.

booking with RTW desk is a manual process... so there will be slight variations in practice due to mistakes... depending on how long your ticket goes out and the carriers you are flying (esp AA metal), the chances of a significant schedule change may force you to contact AA to reticket, prompting another review.

Hi experts... I am trying to make an itinerary work and somehow am getting a bit stuck.
Melbourne is home and places we are visiting.as a must are
Europe in December 2026; South Africa in September 2027. We were thinking of getting 2 RTW tickets but if we can do it in one, we'll try.
We are thinking:
OSL to PER (via DOH or LHR for transit only)
PER to MEL
MEL to SYD
Sydney to somewhere in Pacific return, probably Tonga
Then to JNB via USA
so something like
OSL-LHR-PER-MEL-SYD-TBU-SYD-LAX-DFW-DOH-JNB-LHR-OSL
the oneworld tool glitches because of the Euro stopovers but then says they can be under 24hrs. And the extra sectors would be used in either US or Asia if we tripped that by going to Aus first up.
Any help welcomed!!

You are only allowed 2 stopovers in continent of origin (EU-ME). The online tool is known to be buggy.
QF fly SYD-JNB. BA & QR fly from Capetown. A far better place than Jo'berg. (as a former Jo'berg resident)
USA to Africa is difficult. No non stop flights. DOH is in EU-ME zone.
TBU has QF (SYD) and FJ (NAN) flights. FJ fly to several USA destinations.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fua%CA...tional_Airport
To maximize ff earnings SYD-DFW-LAX-DOH may earn more than SYD-LAX-DFW-DOH.
From AU many people start in Japan, with a separate flights AU to/from Japan.

OW 3015 rule 4


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Thank you! So does this make this a valid itinerary or do I need to start over? Couldn't quite get my head around it. And how many continents am I looking at to make it work? Thanks so much for your help!

Certainly your itinerary is valid.
But I'm thinking you can maybe do better...
I'm putting my ideas together and will post them shortly.

What cabin class are you thinking of? (First, Business or Economy)

I'm not sure if this is playing into trying to get the tool see a route as valid but it may help.
The tool seems to only consider an airport a transit if it is entered as a single line.
E.g. OSL-LCA which comes up with route options via LHR is ok
but entering OSL-LHR and a second line of LHR-LCA is always treated as a stopover even if you set the date to be the same for both