I tried to snipe and paste but could not do it. So I manually typed here the taxes: A$210 AU, $251 WY, $36 SW, $38 TO, $93 KK, $17 SG, $465 GB, $97 UB, $145 M3, $66 US, $11 YC, $10 XY, $6 XA, $16 AY, $36 CA, $41 G3, $27 W1, $7 XF, and the carrier fees $495 YQ, $220 YR. As I mentioned earlier the difference between the all-in-cost (base fare + these numbers) and I had to pay the agent pp is around $900. I think this was probably excessive. May give AA desk a try next time?
PS - I have no clue as to what the taxes codes meant. If someone could explain them to me, much appreciated.

It is, but also these fares are a lot of work with near 0 commission, esp if it originates outside of aus. My fee is a bit of a "go away" quote. If the client wants to pay then I'll take the money but it's easier than the likely hassle that will be generated with booking these. Esp as sabre doesn't work well with them and so we must ticket on the final carrier or run into more issues.

Thanks, Cynicor, for explaining this. The TA worked hard for us and deserved his fees - although we provided him with all the flight details and dates (and we also checked that the D class were available for the flights).

Thanks. I think I may have worked out what is happening here. it seems that the problem is not actually the fare rule. It is the IATA ticket validity rule.Under IATA standard ticketing rule,an airline ticket is valid for 1 year from the date of issue unless reissued. The system prevents flights after that date being added to the reservation. What they need to do is reissue the ticket with extended validity tied to the first departure date.

Most Qantas frontline agents cannot override ticket validity and do not understand RTW fare construction so they don't know how to do this. I have now restructured the itinerary so I have all the destinations I want with the last flight before the 29th of October. Once they reissue the ticket, I'll simply change the dates of the affected flights - no fee for that.

Hopefully this is helpful for anyone else that runs into the same problem.

AU and WY are Australia's Passenger Movement Charge, Passenger Services Charge, respectively.
SW is Japan's Passenger Service Facilities Charge.
TO is Tonga's charge and tax.
KK is New Zealand's Passenger Service Charge.
SG is Singapore's Passenger Service and Security Fee.
GB and UB are the UK's Air Passenger Duty (APD) and Passenger Service Charge.
M3 is Barbados' Airport Service Charge.
US, YC, XY, XA, AY, and XF are the US's Transportation Tax, Customs User Fee, Immigration User Fee, APHIS Passenger Fee, Passenger Civil Aviation Security Service Fee, and Passenger Facility Charge, respectively
CA and W1 are Canada's Air Travellers Security Charge and Airport Improvement Fee, respectively.
G3 is Hong Kong's Airport Construction Fee.

THANK YOU so much, ernestnywang, for your detailed and excellent explanation of the codes - really appreciated it 👍🏼. Can these codes be found anywhere - just curious?

I queried them in my Sabre terminal, which is not for public access. The information might be available somewhere else, but I'm not sure.

Here's an old blog article: https://blog.thetravelinsider.info/air-travel-taxes.

I'm working on a LONE3 through AA and hitting a strange CX issue.

Need HKG-ICN on 22 Mar. I can see what looks like L inventory on ExpertFlyer, the flight appears sellable via CX channels, and ITA Matrix also seems to show regular flights for sale in L. But AA says they cannot access/see L for that CX segment and therefore can’t add it to the Explorer.

So: has anyone seen a case where EF + ITA + CX sales channels show L, but AA still can’t book the CX segment in L on a paid oneworld Explorer?

From older FT threads, it looks like CX may not expose the same inventory to AA that appears elsewhere. Is that true/still true?

Would appreciate any data points, especially:

• whether this is a known AA/CX access issue
  
• whether manual pricing/tariff can sometimes override or confirm it
  
• whether this is usually solved by HUCA
  
• or whether the answer is simply that sales availability in L does not mean AA can ticket that segment in L on a LONE3
  

It could be a married segment issue, but it sounds like you may have that covered.

danger, Thank You for that blog link. Much appreciated. Very educational.

What is your Point of Commencement (POC)? Do you have segments within 24 hours before or after ("married segment" referenced above)? Those matter. Manual pricing would not make a difference.

The RTW tcket starts in Tokyo HND. No segments within 24 hours.

I actually see more L availability when HND is set as the Point of Commencement (POC or PC in the display below). It's indeed strange that the AA agent cannot see it. Would the AA agent be able to book you on the QR code-share?

The fare and taxes and carrier-imposed fees will in theory be the same using an airline or a travel agent. However, some travel agents will auto-price an RTW using Sabre, while AA (like most airlines) will send an itinerary to be manually processed. Many travel agents will send an RTW to the issuing airline to be priced. The base fare will be the same regardless of auto-price or hand-calculated, and the taxes will likely also be the same, but the carrier-imposed fees can vary due to differences in the way they are calculated.

In my experience, travel agents typically charge around $125-$150 per person per ticket issuance. Some may charge much more or much less, of course. There's also American Express Platinum Travel, available if you hold an AmEx Platinum card (this is separate from regular American Express Travel, which is primarily website). Last time I used them, they didn't charge a fee.