Typically, the USD125 fee isn't charged provided ticketed points remain the same (see 16(a)(1)(a) and (b) here). So in your situation, simply book your journey using dummy or placeholder dates (assuming the routing you want is available, given some are obviously seasonal). With this approach, my recommendation is your dummy dates incorporate your transits and stops as it will make for easier calculation of taxes and surcharges. For example, if you're travelling CDG-LHR-BOS-DFW-LAX-HKG but only transiting LHR and DFW, make sure your dummy flights LHR-BOS and DFW-LAX are less than 24 hours after arrival at LHR and DFW respectively.

Quick and simple question (I hope). And probably a dumb one so I apologize in advice for that ...

Can one of the experts here clarify the "maximim two stopovers in continent of origin" rule - specifically does this apply to "continent" or "tariff conference".

Even more specifically - if I start in Japan and then travel to Australia does this mean max. two stopovers in Asia/India and unlimited in Australia - or two stopovers max. for all the travel in TC3?

The rule is clear - you are allowed a maximum of two stopover in your continent of origin.
So for your example - since you are starting in Japan, you are allowed up to two stopovers in Asia
and in the Southwest Pacific you are allowed unlimited stopovers (well limited by the number of flight segments you can take in the continent, which is four)

Thanks for the reply. I agree the wording is clear - I was just having doubts about the meaning of "continent' on account of what I thought should be a valid itinerary throwing up a "stopover" error on the xONEx tool (even though I know how flaky that tool can be ...).

I am trying to explore something ex-OSL and came up with the below (not much creativity) and not quite sure if still valid though just 15sectors.
Called CX, read out all the flights I wished and the agent just booked to flights I wished and looked all the way D availability is good. The agent mentioned it might violate the rules but the booking still gets created and passed to "backend" team for checks (assume the actual routing check and pricing only happen here?)
read the rules once again and the routing looks pretty legit but CX can't price it out straight so I am keeping my fingers crossed. Did anyone get recent experience to share?

OSL-xDOH-AKL-xSYD-HKG-xSIN-HND-BKK-HND-xDFW-xJFK-LAX-DOH-DUB-xDOH-OSL

called AA RTW but insisted AA code over the water segment so didn't go all the way through

If I'm reading this right, you are intending to fly from HND to LAX in one go, connecting in DFW and JFK? I doubt that will be an acceptable routing from a married segment logic pov.

Trying to do HND-JFK-LAX originally but there is no availability throughout the month, the agent was somewhat able to see scatter availability on HND-DFW so ended up doing HND-DFW-JFK-LAX instead.

Pulled up the PNR on JL's web and all three flights were in under the journey box as Tokyo-Los Angeles. so I guess all three of them married together.

Still finger crossed with CX's ability in pricing the itinerary tho.

Additional changes and taxes.
 

So I did make one change before flying my first segment. The taxes went down with the change. Of course no refund.

I have now flown the first segment and need to make date only changes for several flights. So will the new taxes be compared to the original amount of the ticket or to the amount that happened when I made the first change?

Please Help RTW advice
 

Long time lurker needing advice .
I’m planning a RTW starting next Jan with all of the flights except one being finished by the end of May 2026 .
my hopeful route is as follows
OSL-DOH
DOH-COK
TRV-CMB
CMB-KUL
HAN- HND
HND-LAX
PHX-MSY
ATL-DUB
FUB-OSL

I have put dummy dates into the One world RTW site and have managed (sometimes!) to get an itinerary and dates that work , for a very good price .
my questions are ,
1. is it still worth contacting the AA call centre to book
And what’s the best way to do this , now that Skype isn’t a thing ( is it possible to do via e-mail?)
2. if there are date changes once the trip starts, how expensive and how easy is that to do?
3. Does it actually work, booking the ticket through the website or am I better using a specialist TA (Propeller Travel mentioned before )

I would appreciate anyone’s input with this , thanks in advance

hi there,
im in the process of planning a Oneworld RTW starting in Jan 2026 in Business. I would appreciate some advice .
Ive been using the Oneworld website and have managed to get the following route to stick and produce a price , using a mixture of ideal and dummy dates:
OSL-DOH
DOH-COK
TRV-CMB
CMB-KUL
HAN-HND
HND-LAX
PHX-MSY
ATL-DUB
DUB-OSL

All of these flights except the last will be between Jan and June 2026
my questions are as follows
1 Has anyone actually booked this ticket through the Oneworld site? I am impressed with the price it has quoted me so wonder if I'd get the same price elsewhere
2 if not , are AA still the recommended go to and what is the best communication method with them now that Skype doesnt exist. Can i do it via e-mail?
3 wou;d a specialist TA be better? Ive heard recommendations for Propeller Travel
4 How easy is it to make date changes and is it expensive ?

sorry if these questions are abit basic . all advice is much appreciated

advice needed please
im planning a Oneworld RTW in business, starting in Jan 2026. using the website , Ive managed to get a route to stick and im pleased with the price.
my questions are
1. has anyone actually booked a ticket through the wesite, or is it still recommended to call the AA RTW desk and book through them ? whatds the best way to do this now that Skype doesnt exist, is it possible to e-mail ?
2. would using a sprcialist TA be better? ( Propeller travel mentioned )
3. how easy and expensive is it to make date changes, my bookings so far have used a mixture of accurate and dummy dates

any help appreciated apologies if some questions are a bit basic

Am planning my RTW and all is fine from LHR-JNB-HKG-PER-SYD etc but then I want to go to South America and there seems almost no way of getting there.

My preferred choice of SYD-SCL would be ideal but there is almost no D class availability - I've checked many months (from April 2026 backwards)and it seems there may be some closer to departure but hoping there may be some is not going to work from a planning perspective.

I guess I could go from SYD-LAX-MIA and then down into South America that way and then on to London - bit of a long way round but may work

Any thoughts ?

I am planning a RTW for next year and have SCL-SYD pencilled in for April. Is this recognised as being a challenging flight to book?

I picked a few random dates each month from April 2026 and could find no D class until Aug 2025 and I cant wait until 4 months or so before travel to see if availability opens up. They will offer me Prem Eco instead but its a 12.5 hr flight and I would have paid for business so not doing that.

Cabin for Business class seems very small so maybe thats why there is no D

I also do not want to wait. In the worse case scenario we will give Santiago a miss and fly EZE to US and get a connecting flight from there.