Qantas has never e-mailed me a ticket...but can check the Finnair site and they'll list the ticket number if it's issued.

See also the section on Ticket Changes in the wiki to this thread.

Need some advice, my first segment from CAI - VIE is now assigned under IB Express and IB.
Can I still request it to assign to either RJ or BA? if yes, what are the potential charges that I need to pay?

It's a reprice if you haven't started the trip because this is a change in routing (CAI-LHR-VIE instead of CAI-MAD-VIE).
Also, I don't think RJ flies to VIE.

Just curious but didn't you just get this ticketed? Why the sudden change?

"Assign" isn't a concept in airline ticketing. You’d be asking to change the ticket which before departure of the first segment requires a full reprice.

That said only changing the routing from CAI-LHR should only involve a change in taxes and YQ. A few hundred dollars at most. But good look dealing with Qantas ticketing on this.

(edited because quote was missing a bracket)

Rule 4(l) states:

Does this mean that only one flight combination from each of the four lines is permitted, or that only one combination from the entire four lines is permitted?

From the wiki to this thread:

The online booking tool interprets this rule to mean you are allowed only one of the flights depicted on this map
However, there have been recent (2019) reports here on FT that some airline telephone agents are allowing one flight to or from each of the west coast cities (subject to the overall limit of four flight segments for the continent)

I recall seeing someone post about fees to upgrade an individual segment at one point in time. I think they were talking about Y to PY and it was pretty steep. I can't find that anywhere with search or Google now.

Can someone point me in the right direction or help with that info? I've got one segment on a DONE5 that could be attractive to upgrade to F, but currently there's no A availability on that segment (I have an EF alert set for it).

If I click on that map it opens YouTube but as far as I can tell, PER-SYD-DRW-SYD is not excluded, even though the tool tells me otherwise.


Subject to all the other rules and exemptions (e.g. intra-Middle East on two-class Qatar allows A on a DONEx), if any of your other flights are in A, I'm fairly sure you're up for an AONEx. Economy to premium economy is specifically permitted in the rules for an upcharge, but not business to first.

Y to PY, yes. It's in Section 12 here. In Section 16C, it notes that upgrading by sector to business/first class is not possible - you would be prompted to upgrade the entire thing from a DONE to AONE. Depending on the airline in question, you might get an upgrade offer and that could get you in F.

Ah ok fair enough. I thought I remembered something that allowed a single segment upgrade. I'm sure the new JL A351 business class is just fine but would have been awesome to experience the new F cabin.

I looked up JL's mileage upgrade, it's 45,000 miles, which translates into way too many Marriott points than I think it's worth, and not even sure JL can upgrade if it's not their ticket. Sure wish AA would finally implement JL upgrades with SWUs or miles... I have a feeling it's coming with the recent QF announcement but likely not soon enough.

I booked my first xONEx this week. Thanks again all.

DONE3 with AA
The trip starts towards the end of January.
Everything after the dotted line is for travel after March 2025, so not on the fare calendar.
The dummy dates for the remaining 14 segments were booked into available dates/flight numbers over the subsequent 18 days remaining on the fare calendar.

I can't wrap my head around how and when I change the dates to something that is wanted and is available. Trip ends ~August 2025.

Today, the fare calendar is only open to 13 February.

If we want to travel BKK-HKG around 18 February, I'll be able to see that next week. But I can't change the subsequent 13 segments at that time because they're off the calendar.
Say I wait another month to change the date of BKK-HKG. Then the subsequent segments can be rebooked, but mostly with placeholders.

I could wait until September when the whole calendar is open for our travel days.

Is that when we change the dates?

What are the chances there is no availability for TWO seats in D for our city segments in February? (At the time of booking, one of the placeholder flights that I found did not have availability which trickled down after the agent found a new date.)

Or do we wait until after departure and change the dates for everything with only 4-6 week in advance of the next travel dates?

We're (almost) completely flexible but I am planning a lot of side trips that I'd prefer to book early.

Hope I'm making sense.
Advice/best practices?

CAI xAMM RJ
xAMM BKK RJ
.................
BKK HKG CX
HKG DPS CX
DPS KUL MH
KUL NRT JL
NRT HNL JL
HNL ANC AS
ANC LAX AS
LAX SJO AA
SJO DFW AA
DFW SFO AA
SFO MIA AA
MIA DOH QR
DOH AMM QR
AMM CAI RJ

Red/bold, my emphasis.

Prepandemic, I used SWU to UG from D to First Class (the 77W metal on AA). From recollection only, AA actually UG'd me on 3 contiguous flights (all had F). If I found the exact routing, I'd post an update. BTW, I even had STOP-OVER (more than 24 hours)! I never thought that was possible!

question for changes
 

Regarding changes, I received conflict information.

Oneworld website mentions 12 months since your first depart date. Representative mentions 12 months since issue date. Anyone has idea?

Did QF book for you? Are you sure you change the ticket after March 2025? I heard that QF only allows change in the 12 months of issue date. NotJustDreaming

Will AA still issue xCAI around 4000?