What a bizzare statement. BA can give her a vacation, a raise or a co-worker if this was the issue at hand.

I bought my ex-CAI ticket from AA and the agent who wrote it wants anything but a "rest" or "break" from selling such tickets.

The South African RTW price jumped nearly 90% when they raised the rates. This was when the rand was at 13:1$.. now it's more like 6:1$ with the result that now it is more expensive to buy a RTW in South Africa than in the USA.

Unfortunately...All good things must come to an end.

Bummer. As I was hoping to finally try to do an ex-CAI ticket next summer http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/frown.gif

If someone buys a ticket now before the price increase he can still start next year, can't he?

The ticket would have to be paid and issued. The first international leg can't be changed.

Let's not jump to any conclusions. We have not heard any confirmation of this rate rise. It's all speculation at the moment.

AA's GSO in CAI has heard the rumors (probably from nervous FTers, such as myself), but has not gotten any comfirmation.

Me too! And she they said BA was proposing increases of A 50% D 40% and L30%.

They also siad this "However January04 there is a new Rate of Exchange from USD to EGP" Any idea what that entails?

My guess about the USD-EGP comment in the above post is that all future prices will be in USD, like many other countries that have volatile currencies. Look at Zambia, Poland, Indonesia, etc...

Does anyone know when is the ticket actually issued? Let's say if I book and fax over credit card details now, but pick the ticket up in February, can I lock in price at today's level? Is the ticket gonna be issued now, or in February? How's the experience of FTers who has done it?

TerryK - Yes, you can get the tickets issued at todays price for collection later, providing you have a route. A simple CAI-LHR-LAX-HKG-LHR-CAI would fix the price, you could then pay the $75 and get the final routing changed/expanded after you leave CAI.

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This is the crucial point. I just had a conversation with AA RTW desk tonight about it. As long as you DO NOT change your 1st segement ex-CAI, then if you reissue either routes or increase the number of continents, it will be at the price based on date of purchase.

Thanks. Does that mean my credit card will be charged on, say 19-Dec-03, and ticket issued on 19-Dec-03, and it will be sitting in the BA office awaiting my collection in February?

I guess what I would like to make sure is that the date of purchase will be 19-Dec-03, in the above example, not Feb-04 when I actually pick it up and start travel.


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You will just have to ask that the ticket is issued and that they keep the ticket (provide them your credit card details, a letter of authority and a copy of you passport first pages). I bought a DGLOB34, which has to be issued 7 days before first flight. The ticket stays in the safe of BA CAI Airport office until you pick it up.

So is the RTW good for one year of purchase or one year from the first flown segment? IE buy a RTW now for departure Dec 04, good through Dec 05?