Sorry that my information was correct. Just curious, where are you seeing the higher fare, and how much is it now?

I still see the old prices in EF, so possibly someone could autoprice and ticket ex-OSL at the old price if they do it immediately. I won't be in a position to purchase for another six weeks or so.

Do you see that the ex-ARN fare has also changed or is it the same ($6823.51 USD)?

Called AA RTW desk on both Friday and Saturday. Told both times the ex OSL DONE4 price is US$10,299 Did not ask about other prices

Oh no! I was planning to book a DONE4 for 2 in early July. Originating in NRT. It's for a departure in January. I'm travelling for the next 3 weeks so I was planning to take care of it when I get back. Should I try to book now or I'm already too late & the price increase as occured? My itinerary is valid & priced on the OW planning tool. I just have not called the AA RTW desk to book it yet.

I was specifically told that OSL and probably other European originations are going up, and that NRT would be much cheaper than Europe, so you should be OK.

Unfortunately, I expect that that doesn't mean a price drop ex-NRT, but rather that ex-NRT prices aren't going up. :(

That's been the ex-USA price for a DONE4 for years. I suspect you got one or more noobs at the RTW desk who didn't know/care how to pull the correct fare. Not saying it's wrong, just suspicious.

That is what I thought also and explains why I called back Saturday. Seems unloikely that AA will be consistently so wrong, but again maybe not.
Will try again tomorrow.

I don't think anyone expected it would mean a price drop. I certainly never intended to suggest it. It seemed obvious to me that it meant that ex-Europe prices would become more than ex-Japan, and together with the information that ex-Europe prices would be going up, the obvious implication is that ex-Japan prices would either remain the same or go up but not by as much.

Thanks for the heads up! Not sure when the price increase would come about & the changes in rules or if it would event affect a departure from NRT but i didn't want to take any chances. So I pulled the trigger & purchased my RTW tickets today.

Smart.

OSL is still pricing at $5,998/$6,634/$7,577 on both Expertflyer and the on-line oneworld tool (for DONE3/DONE4/DONE5).

Pakistani Rupee is falling. KHI is now $4,760/$5,446/$6,460

Great to know that. So now ex-OSL is cheaper than ex-NRT in all DONEx itins.
I just checked EF shows ex-NRT to be: $6,059 / $7,204 / $8,264 / $9030.

Let hear from those who try to start from KHI. Pakistan is a little shaky for me personally. Never been to Pakistan though.

Be interesting to see how people structure their itins with ex-KHI.

Thanks for the shout-out, Jerry. True, unless the price differential between CMB and Pakistan improves, I'll stick with Sri Lanka for now. However, as wingzing pointed out, things are continually changing. Right now I see IONE3 ex-CMB at USD $5,410.43, and ex-KHI at USD $4,663.28. SO at roughly USD $750, we're starting to approach a price differential that I would consider sufficiently attractive.

Then there's the issue of scheduling. I would need to be able to schedule in and out with maybe a few hours. I'm not interested in a 10 hour connection in Pakistan, such as the one I'm in the middle of right now at NRT. I can be pretty flexible on origin and destination airports; but I really have no interest in that long a layover at KHI.

Speaking of NRT, be aware that the regular Sakura F lounge in the main building is currently closed for renovation. It's apparently being replaced temporarily (I hope) by a smaller windowless F lounge upstairs. And I was just informed that the Sakura F lounge in the satellite terminal is closed between 1100 and 1500. So I guess that I'll be heading

It's been under renovation since November. At one stage they were restricting entry to PAX on JL flights.

https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/japa...e-closure.html