Oneworld.com error?
 

Hi any possibility oneworld.com have error?
I tried to book a round the world ticket on oneworld.com it give me all the price etc but when I call the reservation they said my itinerary does not qualify for round the world :(


my itinerary below,

JNB CX HKG 03OCT
HKGCX SPK 07OCT
SPK CX HKG 16OCT
HKG CX DPS 20OCT
DPS CX HKG 17DEC
HKG AA OGG 29DEC
OGG AA HNL 01JAN18
HNL AA LON 10JAN18
LON BA REK 01MAR18
REK BA DOH 05MAR18
DOH QR WDH 10MAR18
WDH BA JNB 12MAR18

There's no Oneworld inter-island service in Hawaii; codeshares with non-OW airlines aren't allowed.

Getting to Maui on AA would require you to backtrack from the US mainland, which is against the rules. You'd also need to return to the mainland in order to connect to London as there's no Oneworld (or anybody's) service - yet - between Hawaii and Europe. And while JAL has flights to Honolulu and Kona from Tokyo, you'd have to rearrange your Asia segments so that you don't exceed the limit of four sectors in the continent. Remember when putting RTWs together you have to count every flight whether or not it's a connection or a stopover.

Have a look at his route instead - JNB-HKG-DPS-HKG-CTS-NRT-HNL,OGG-LAX-LHR-KEF-LHR-DOH-WDH-JNB. This would meet the criteria for a 4-continent RTW. You could fly on your own between Honolulu and Maui.

JNB CX HKG 03OCT
HKGCX SPK 07OCT
SPK CX HKG 16OCT
HKG CX DPS 20OCT
DPS CX HKG 17DEC
HKG AA OGG 29DEC
OPENJAW
HNL AA LON 10JAN18
LON BA REK 01MAR18
REK BA DOH 05MAR18
DOH QR WDH 10MAR18
WDH BA JNB 12MAR18


so if i buy the OGG - HNL then this qualify as DONE4? but i have 3 stopover in hkg , is ok? thanks

No, you'd have to fly from Japan to Honolulu, buy a separate ticket to Maui, then fly from Maui to Los Angeles, then on to London. You're only allowed 4 sectors in Asia, and there's no service from Hong Kong to Hawaii except with a plane change in Japan, you'd have to fly to Bali before Japan, then leave Japan for Hawaii. Otherwise you'd be flying HKG-CTS-HKG-DPS-HKG-NRT-HNL... - one too many segments in Asia.

I'd recommend you read the official rules for the Oneworld Explorer, http://www.oneworld.com/documents/10...9-d346ec820edf

Yes, the online booking tool is extremely buggy. Usually not pricing out valid itineraries vs. in your case, pricing out invalid itineraries.

But it's possible to do HNL-LHR under one flight number using only one segment as AA108 HNL-LHR exists, even that there is change of aircraft in LAX.

Heads up though. Even the amazing AA RTW agents have a hard time finding the one stop flights. If you decide to do that, you may have to force the issue with them and be confident in your voice saying the flight does exist as flight number 108 between hnl and lhr with a stop in lax...

Is AA108 from HNL to LHR bookable ?
Even aa.com doesn't show a direct flight (availability), rather shows AA108 to AA108 connection.

expertflyer.com also shows AA108/AA108 conections.
IMHO, AA108 from HNL to LHR wasn't filed into GDS.


By the way, can we book
AA145 DFW-ANC-DFW as one segment ? :-)

If you want to look for odd flights,
on 1st January 2017,
JL1711 from HND to HND was operated.
JL2911 from NRT to NRT was operated.

It should be bookable as long as it's on same flight number. However, AAExpDFW is right, you might need to be confident, the agents might need to do it manually. In Sabre, it will show up as two segments, but on a ticket it will show and use only one segment. Amadeus usually shows those as single segment.

I used multiple of through flight numbers with my previous RTWs to minimize the segment usage. Even booked it other way, AA109 LHR-HNL as one segment. The ticket was issued by QF. And my previous AA ticketed xONEx included also some through flights. Many of those showed up in EF as a connection, but was sold as one segment. IME if there is different equipment on the legs, it will show up as connection in EF, if it's same equipment code then it will mostly show up as through flight.

Theoretically yes, but I guess rating desk would deny the routing DFW AA DFW. Mileage is based on the direct distance between ticketed points, stops on the coupon are not taken account. That would give 0 miles if it would be calculated based on the distance.