Jun 5, 2025, 12:53 am
Oneworld booking and pricing experiences
Yesterday | 8:09 am
#3706
Join Date: Aug 2004
Programs: AA (EP), Hilton (Diamond), Marriott Bonvoy (Titanium)
Posts: 9,141
What I do is buy my own side tickets to visit additional places. So, for example, I'll have an RTW stop in Singapore, and get my own ticket SIN-KUL-SIN. As far as the RTW is concerned, I have a stop in SIN that's x days. It doesn't matter that some of those days I'm actually flying to KUL, staying there, and flying back. When segment-constrained, it makes sense to use RTW segments for long flights and buy your own for short ones.
Yesterday | 6:33 pm
#3707
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Aug 2001
Posts: 10,632
In case anyone still has doubts about the AA RTW desk, they saved me with a last minute rebooking so I could escape Tokyo before Typhoon Jangmi arrived.. and avoid the awful mess at HND with flight delays and cancellations. Just imagine trying to push through that situation with QF.