Thank you izzik

Two things actually. Not having BA codeshares to maximize my TP income to BAC and to price the ticket in £ than NOK

as long as it's booked with a AY and under D,C or J then yes credited to BA you can do it in 3 days with no hotel costs and you could be home for Sunday roast. 🤪

Perfect! 😁

Try emailing [email protected]. It's been a couple of years since I last used it but the people responding were helpful and familiar with the RTW fares.

Fantastic! Much appreciated R2 andy to be honest 30' ago i reached the always helpful BA team in X and provided the relevant information

A few questions/sanity check/suggestions ?

Am planning a nice long RTW and have the following itinerary planned.

OSL-LHR-JNB-DOH-PER-MEL-ZQN-AKL-JFK-CLT-JAX-ORD-BZN-DFW-MIA-LHR-OSL

So this will be 16 segments on a DONE4 with PER-MEL being a surface segment and ZQN-AKL also being surface

Questions as follows:

1) Assume the Itinerary is valid ? - I have 6 North America segments after landing in JFK and exiting in MIA so I think that is fine

2) JNB-DOH-PER is, I assume, 2 segments even though I am just in transit in DOH - I think I read somewhere that JNB-PER via SYD might only be one ?

3) When flying JNB - PER as per above, I will transit DOH so that will be "re-visiting" the Europe/Middle East zone - I assume this is ok (or otherwise I will need to book JNB-SYD-PER which would work but not be ideal as JNB-SYD does not fly every day. I don’t want to fly JNB-PER on CX as this would make it a DONE5 and even though QF are re-introducing a non-stop JNB-PER it again doesn’t fly on the day I need and has no D class at the moment - FYI - JNB - PER is my only time sensitive segment - most everything else I don’t care about and can move a week or weeks either way

4) What is the best way to book this - as BA is the first segment should I just ring them ? I did contact Trailfinders and they can do it no problem but they want 250 GBP to make any changes to the ticket after issue - and as this will start next Jan (2026) and be for a whole year I am going to have to put some dummy dates to begin with and book them as/when the booking window opens

5) Any other thoughts ? I will probably book on my BA Amex to maximise the avios return - any better ways of booking?

Pretty sure they travelling to Southwest Pacific from Europe / Middle east counts as visiting 2 continents sadly. So you would be on a DONE5 by default, even if you don't actually visit Asia proper!

True - but as I am not intending to take CX then I won't be visiting the Pacific at all and therefore a DONE4 (Europe, Africa, Australia and North America)

Wrong, it would be a DONE5 per the rules from Other Conditions section on page 1 of the Oneworld Explorer rules, shown below:

Thx - good to know - I guess I can avoid by flying JNB - SYD and then SYD - PER which would keep it as a DONE4

I was planning to post this in the Booking and Pricing sticky, but a post there seemed to indicate this one more appropriate. I'm planning a 5th DONEx. I have a great fare to LHR in Aug with a confirmed SWU and thought about originating in OSL. Then I snagged an 80K First Class ticket to Tokyo for July 15 on JAL (it's the old 777, but still...), so I could alternatively originate TYO. If I decide on OSL I'll probably still make separate trip to TYO as there are some $2K biz fares home. Same if I purchase x TYO; I'll still go to LHR as I already have a RT ticket. My last x TYO had about 20-25% added taxes and fees, and I'd love to reduce that if possible.. Goal is maintaining EXP and accruing miles while seeing the world. I have always booked via AA RTW desk but would consider going with TA if I can find one experienced in these fares. None are listed in the tools forum.
Questions:
Is there any consensus on which origin has better fees?
There was a thread about longest xONEx but it would no longer be useful for booking to any of the carriers since there will be a mix of fare based and distance based earning. Have any of you considered maximum LP earnings (if you're an AA flier), or whatever currency you are earning? Any specific itineraries? I will be working on this and will post, but I don't think it's possible to know in advance how many status earning points or redeemable points will be awarded..
Has anyone been able to book via AA RTW without booking TATL or TPAC?
Thanks for plowing through this.

Okay so what exactly are you asking for? People to come up with random itineraries from Japan and Oslo..? For any number of continents? Seriously?

ExpertFlyer shows the below prices.

OSL: DONE4, EUR5037; DONE5, EUR5782; DONE6, 6519.
TOK: DONE4, EUR5615; DONE5, EUR6441; DONE6, EUR7038.

It's impossible to comment on possible earnings without at least a rough indication of an itinerary.

It seems a hard and fast rule that you must have at least the TAtl or TPac as an AA code. I think there may have been a report of some who's an executive platinum getting away without the requirement, but that's rare, it seems.

Well, yes, seriously. Pretty clear: is there any preference for one or the other points of origin for lower fees and taxes and for better points and miles accrual? Yes I recognize that might be a complex question.
Also, as mentioned, there exists a thread, (to which I've contributed), giving GCM itineraries showing maximum miles various members had constructed. They were mostly 3 continent fares. Now that miles aren't the only factor if one is interested in achieving status or stockpiling miles, that thread is obsolete. Also relevant is the airline you are crediting to. For American, one would prioritize AY, QR, and JL internationally and AS for North America. That might vary for other airlines' members. Maybe the data most valuable to people planning would come from those who've completed their trips and can break down the activity.

No there is not because which is cheaper depends on your route, especially which marketing airlines you have on that route, and which airline's ticket stock you ticket on. if that's enough of an answer then you're golden, else you'll need to engage not brush off points raised by the knowledgeable strangers you've asked to help you.