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Originally Posted by NotJustDreaming
(Post 36100697)
Thanks dvs7310 and aaupgrade
Doh! I specifically asked three different AA RTW desk agents about the less than 24 hour connection on some of the placeholder flights in my itinerary. I was concerned that they were connections. And each said that 'no, it's not a connection. It's a separate flight. No problem to stay longer. No problem to change the dates'. paraphrasing Right before I paid I asked just to be sure. Argh! I did not ask specifically if the change would incur the fee. I knew (my understanding) of the date/time change rules at the time of those phone calls but figured they must know what my concern was. Well, we'lll see. I'll keep you posted. |
Originally Posted by slhu82
(Post 36102362)
When you book with AA, did you get price immediately or need to wait for an email?
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Originally Posted by NotJustDreaming
(Post 36102915)
I did not get a price immediately on the phone. I was given a booking code and told I’d receive an email within 24 hours with the price. Some hours later, the priced itinerary was on the aa.com website under the booking code. I have yet to receive an email from AA.
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hello everyone, I booked an DONE5 recently through oneworld website and yes the ticket was issued by QF. I got a few questions hope to get some help with；
1. from the previous discussion it sounds like it's better to accumulate the miles to QR?? I already put my AA FF number in the booking, how should I make the change? 2. what's the best way to change dates with QF issued OTW ticket? I tried their customer service line which was problematic as many others mentioned. I also twittered Qantas on twitter but never got response. should I just HUCA? thank you! |
felix1224 Welcome to FT
Originally Posted by felix1224
(Post 36121160)
hello everyone, I booked an DONE5 recently through oneworld website and yes the ticket was issued by QF. I got a few questions hope to get some help with；
1. from the previous discussion it sounds like it's better to accumulate the miles to QR?? I already put my AA FF number in the booking, how should I make the change? 2. what's the best way to change dates with QF issued OTW ticket? I tried their customer service line which was problematic as many others mentioned. I also twittered Qantas on twitter but never got response. should I just HUCA? Note from your profile from CA Canada. A lot can go into selecting a ffp. Other than AA what OW ffp's are you a member of now? AA status? Objectives from a ffp? Avois are used by QR, BA, IB and AY. Avios, but not status can be moved QR<--->BA, Are threads on BA forum on this QF flight numbers can credit poorly to QR ffp, but better to BA ffp. While both in Oneworld QR & QF are not the best of airline friends. Master thread-->https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/onew...help-here.html 2 Changes Have you received from Qantas an 081-xxxx e-ticket? Ex CAI like many others in the last few weeks? Have you flown the first segment? Do you want to change the date of the first segment? Or later flights? https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/onew...l#post36121014 |
Originally Posted by Mwenenzi
(Post 36121193)
felix1224 Welcome to FT
1. FFP Note from your profile from CA Canada. A lot can go into selecting a ffp. Other than AA what OW ffp's are you a member of now? AA status? Objectives from a ffp? Avois are used by QR, BA, IB and AY. Avios, but not status can be moved QR<--->BA, Are threads on BA forum on this QF flight numbers can credit poorly to QR ffp, but better to BA ffp. While both in Oneworld QR & QF are not the best of airline friends. Have you received from Qantas an 081-xxxx e-ticket? Ex CAI like many others in the last few weeks? Have you flown the first segment? Do you want to change the date of the first segment? Or later flights? 1. yes I live in Canada. I don't have any other FF membership and my AA status is....member. I'd like to have better status in OW and more miles to redeem for future trips. Unfortunately Canada is dominated by Star Alliance so if I have to choose, more miles in a solid FF program for redemption is the priority. 2. I don't have e-ticket issued yet but based on previous posts I can ask QF to send me one, I can see my itinerary from BA and QF though. yes I booked eX CAI. the whole trip would be CAI-(LHR)-HEL-(JFK)-EZE-(MIA)-YYZ-(DFW)-AKL-SYD-(BRE)-HND-(DOH)-CAI. brackets are connections. I was thinking to change my first segment but if it will cause a repricing(which seems to be the case) I will keep it as it is. definitely need to make some date changes on later flights. this is my first OTW trip so sorry for the stupid questions and thank you! |
Without an e-ticket you have nothing (harsh but reality). Are posts in other threads on getting QF to issue. Posts have been a bit random in the last few weeks spread over various sticky threads. Suggest you read them all, going back 3~4 weeks (when the Egypt currency had a big devaluation)
Has your credit card been charged? A map from the Great Circle Mapper - Great Circle Mapper Guessing BRE=Brisbane BNE so A map from the Great Circle Mapper - Great Circle Mapper Have you downloaded the rules? https://www.oneworld.com/world-travel Click on FAQ "What are the RTW rules" https://assets.ctfassets.net/m9ph4qv...d-explorer.pdf https://assets.ctfassets.net/m9ph4qv...l-explorer.pdf https://assets.ctfassets.net/m9ph4qv...le-pacific.pdf |
Originally Posted by felix1224
(Post 36121301)
2 Changes
1. yes I live in Canada. I don't have any other FF membership and my AA status is....member. I'd like to have better status in OW and more miles to redeem for future trips. Unfortunately Canada is dominated by Star Alliance so if I have to choose, more miles in a solid FF program for redemption is the priority. 2. I don't have e-ticket issued yet but based on previous posts I can ask QF to send me one, I can see my itinerary from BA and QF though. yes I booked eX CAI. the whole trip would be CAI-(LHR)-HEL-(JFK)-EZE-(MIA)-YYZ-(DFW)-AKL-SYD-(BRE)-HND-(DOH)-CAI. brackets are connections. I was thinking to change my first segment but if it will cause a repricing(which seems to be the case) I will keep it as it is. definitely need to make some date changes on later flights. |
Originally Posted by felix1224
(Post 36121160)
hello everyone, I booked an DONE5 recently through oneworld website and yes the ticket was issued by QF. I got a few questions hope to get some help with；
1. from the previous discussion it sounds like it's better to accumulate the miles to QR?? I already put my AA FF number in the booking, how should I make the change? 2. what's the best way to change dates with QF issued OTW ticket? I tried their customer service line which was problematic as many others mentioned. I also twittered Qantas on twitter but never got response. should I just HUCA? thank you! |
Originally Posted by dvs7310
(Post 36121646)
If you want to repost that itinerary in the and tell us the months you're traveling (this matters significantly due to differences in elite year vs. calendar year in some / most airlines) then you'll get some help. I haven't checked the miles on your itinerary yet, but you can almost always get to at least mid-tier status on RTWs from zero, and sometimes get all the way to top / OW Emerald level if played smartly (meaning planning entirely inside one elite year). We'll also need to know what airline each segment is on, that also makes a significant difference. Most likely candidates for status are AA, AS, QR, and BA.
May 2024 CAI-(LHR) via BA May 2024 (LHR)-HEL via AY May 2024 HEL-(JFK) via AY May 2024 (JFK)-EZE via AA Jun 2024 EZE-(MIA) via AA Jun 2024 (MIA)-YYZ via AA Dec 2024 YYZ-(DFW) via AA Dec 2024 (DFW)-AKL via AA Dec 2024 AKL-SYD via QF Jan 2025 SYD-BNE via QF Jan 2025 BNE-NRT via QF Mar 2025 HND-(DOH) via QR Mar 2025 (DOH)-CAI via QR I'm also open to suggestions of changing the itinerary to make it more valuable(say add a segment, changing a connection to stopover or vice versa) within reasonable cost, thank you! |
Originally Posted by Mwenenzi
(Post 36121382)
Without an e-ticket you have nothing (harsh but reality). Are posts in other threads on getting QF to issue. Posts have been a bit random in the last few weeks spread over various sticky threads. Suggest you read them all, going back 3~4 weeks (when the Egypt currency had a big devaluation)
Has your credit card been charged? |
New to the OneWorld RTW forum. Very interested in a DONE5 trip and I am happy to pre-position out of the US (Las Vegas) to achieve significant savings. I am a retired airline employee and the idea of positive space business class seats on this adventure is interesting. When checking various starting locations, both Japan and Cairo Egypt seem to have the cheapest costs, with Cairo being significantly less. I know there was a currency devaluation on Egypt and wonder if the costs associated with a ex-CAI are to be believed. Pre-positioning to Cairo would not be an issue for me as we are hoping to travel to both JNB and CPT this year. We would likely break the trip into three pieces wit non-rev flights home and back to pick up the trip after several months at home. Appreciate any insight on my cost question as well as any other advice. The wiki is extremely informative but seems to have little in the way of what is happening in the last 2 years. Cheers and Happy Travels
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Originally Posted by calduffys
(Post 36127740)
New to the OneWorld RTW forum. Very interested in a DONE5 trip and I am happy to pre-position out of the US (Las Vegas) to achieve significant savings. I am a retired airline employee and the idea of positive space business class seats on this adventure is interesting. When checking various starting locations, both Japan and Cairo Egypt seem to have the cheapest costs, with Cairo being significantly less. I know there was a currency devaluation on Egypt and wonder if the costs associated with a ex-CAI are to be believed. Pre-positioning to Cairo would not be an issue for me as we are hoping to travel to both JNB and CPT this year. We would likely break the trip into three pieces wit non-rev flights home and back to pick up the trip after several months at home. Appreciate any insight on my cost question as well as any other advice. The wiki is extremely informative but seems to have little in the way of what is happening in the last 2 years. Cheers and Happy Travels
2) you're aware CAI is an 8 hour flight from South Africa, right? Africa is quite large :eek: |
Originally Posted by calduffys
(Post 36127740)
New to the OneWorld RTW forum. Very interested in a DONE5 trip and I am happy to pre-position out of the US (Las Vegas) to achieve significant savings. I am a retired airline employee and the idea of positive space business class seats on this adventure is interesting. When checking various starting locations, both Japan and Cairo Egypt seem to have the cheapest costs, with Cairo being significantly less. I know there was a currency devaluation on Egypt and wonder if the costs associated with a ex-CAI are to be believed. Pre-positioning to Cairo would not be an issue for me as we are hoping to travel to both JNB and CPT this year. We would likely break the trip into three pieces wit non-rev flights home and back to pick up the trip after several months at home. Appreciate any insight on my cost question as well as any other advice. The wiki is extremely informative but seems to have little in the way of what is happening in the last 2 years. Cheers and Happy Travels
I think for your questions, the Pricing and Booking experiences thread is going to have more of the information you're looking for. For the time being the best prices are currently ex-OSL and ex-Japan, though there's been some talk around ex-South Africa again. I haven't priced one yet to compare but the base fare seems a bit high to be competitive, the one advantage is that you would get all allotted stopovers in Asia and Europe / ME regions vs the limitations you have on ex-OSL and ex-Japan. Not sure which airline(s) you have non-rev benefits on, but imagine it's pretty easy to position to Japan from the west coast on any of the majors, or their partners if you get benefits on alliance partners. |
I'm trying to compile a route leaving Europe, visiting Australia, SWP (Fiji, Apia) and traveling then via the US back to Amsterdam. On the back I'm trying to tie a trip to the Middle East (Dubai) for a week.
The main issue is that I'm maxing out my miles and that I'm left with a number of segments. Current routing is as follows (unfortunately not allowed to post screenshots): OSL - DOH: 3082MI DOH - ADL: 7030MI ADL - ASP: 816MI ASP - BNE: ground segment 1223MI BNE-APW: 2433MI APW-NAN: 753MI NAN-LAX: 4796MI LAX-DFW: 1073MI DFW-AMS: 4921MI AMS-DOH: 3062MI DOH-DXB: 235MI DXB-DOH: 235MI DOH-OSL: 3082MI Totaling: 33625MI - 13 segments Does anyone have advise on potential improvements to further maximize, the Dubai trip is negotiable, Australia / SWP isn't (but routing can change). Took OSL as a starting point as this this is mentioned as one of the cheaper. |
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