It's a D fare, the availability is whatever is offered in D class on a particular flight (although availability can vary by point of sale). (There are some booking code exceptions, such as access to A class where D is not sold.)

It will be the same availability as if you booked an overpriced LON-LON DONE6 for departure this afternoon. This fare is not being treated specially.

Yes, but that directly contradicts what I was told. I asked for HKG-LHR-CPT to finish and was told no. She didn't even try, just said it was backtracking and I couldn't do it. Never said anything about doing Europe-DOH-Africa. She would only let me do Asia-DOH-Africa or HKG-JNB.

I'll call back tomorrow.

A very interesting thread. Please post any successful experiences of starting in MPM, including any overnight visa problems.

HI
Just wondered if you could share the BA RTW phone no you were provided with by AA ..
Thanks

In general, when the operating carrier switches equipment so that your booked class is no longer available, it's treated as a schedule change and you are usually allowed to re-route to maintain the ticketed cabin. This has been my experience.

I ran into this at the beginning of the year booking CPT-DOH- ... - BCN-DOH-CPT. The AA RTW people insisted in was invalid. Mindpearl in S.A. agreed is was valid, but went round and round with AA in DFW before finally just rating and issuing it themselves.

I think many of us are eager to learn first-hand reports of this. I'm planning on an ex-MPM xONEx, using JNB-MPM for positioning. I'm wondering how early I should get to MPM to have time for whatever is needed.

Just curious about your SAN-YYC. That's the AA code on Westjet? Why do that rather than book actual AA and fly in domestic F/J rather than Y?

Many of us do this every year. I've even done a second one in the same year. I almost always book about 10-11 months before my first flight, using dummy dates for every subsequent flight, and then change as the booking window opens up. Usually, D is easy to come by when booking far out. There have been occasions where D is not available (e.g., HKG-HKT or HKG-DPS or sometimes QF routes). You can waitlist for D.

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I'll post back here. If I can get an itinerary put together and approved, I'm trying to do one towards the end of this week. I'd love to know the ground setup at MPM for transfers, etc.

Yikes! Where are you seeing that it's Westjet? It comes up as operated by AA on the OW booking system and Kayak.

So good to know! Thank you!

On ExpertFlyer the only AA SAN-YYC flight is AA8194 (operated by WS)

Sadly for you, AA's pricing department will likely knock this back - because codeshare flights operated by non-Oneworld partners are forbidden (except for QF flights operated by JQ(JetStar)

My flights are: AA1086 - AA2473 Return AA1166- AA1500

Ah, my mistake. Good
So you are on connecting flights, not the non-stop
Those flight numbers look fine (high numbers, such as AA8194 indicate a codeshare)

Hallelujah! Yes! Connecting through DFW both ways.:D

So with everyone booking these currently cheap southern africa tickets via the RTW desk in Dallas, I assume that no one has had any issues getting the correct pricing or needing "local" cards?

I purchased two ex-MPM DONEx last week

One via an Australian travel agent - correctly priced in AUD, and I used my Australia credit to pay (ticket issued by QF)

The other via the AA ATW desk, again correctly priced in my chosen currency (AUD); I telephoned AA's Sydney office to pay, again using my Australian credit card (this transaction has yet to go through - AA ticketing has not yet issued my ticket). No issues were raised with getting it priced in my chosen currency and paying in Australia.

Great
Many thanks
and look forward to hearing about your travels - fingers crossed for you !
Cheers