QR interlining bags at MEL?
 

I'm looking at a DONEx trip where part of the routing is DOH-MEL on QR988 followed by MEL-ZQN on QF177. There's 1h35m between the arrival of the QR flight and departure of the QF flight. This would be purchased through the AA RTW desk. IME QR are unreliable in terms of interlining checked bags on separate tickets.

Am I crazy to attempt a 95 minute international to international connection at MEL?

Is a DONEx ticket across two airlines considered to be separate tickets for interlining bags? Or are DONEx legs all considered to be on one ticket?

All DONEx legs are considered to be on one PNR on a *ONE*. Bags will be interlined. Anyway QR interline bags on OW airlines when separate tickets, unlike AA & BA.
The airline would not have ticketed if not within the MCT (minimum connection time). If QR988 is about on time will be OK.. Will need to process an airside security check from MEL international arrivals to MEL international departures. AU immigration not required. Expect you will have time for a lounge visit - breakfast.

FT -- https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/ocea...transport.html
AU govt - https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/visa...t-without-visa

Clarification of RTW ticket validity
 

I started a OW RTW ticket on Feb 27th this year and what date can my final flight be on the ticket back to TYO from LHR ?
Is it on Feb 27th 2026 or does the flight have to land in TYO by Feb 27th 2026 at the latest
Am hoping that it is the former as ideally want to leave London for TYO on Feb 27th !
Many thanks

One data point w/AA RTW desk: was able to book the last flight on the same day, one year later. ie, first flight departed 8/20/25 and final flight scheduled for 8/20/26 (arriving 8/21/26). good luck!

From the Explorer rules:

Interesting. So there could a theoretical RTW starting in OSL on November 22 2025 that has a stopover in AKL mid November 2026. Then the theoretical traveler could depart AKL on November 21 2026 and fly AKL-SYD-HND-HNL-LAX-JFK-EZE-MIA-DOH-OSL. So long as they spend less than 24 hours at all of those airports they could arrive at OSL sometime around November 29, or maybe later if the flight schedules allow, and still be within the letter of the rules.

Even though the fare rule may give such impression, the system will not allow it, as the last sector needs to have an NVA (Not Valid After) on the same date, 1 year later than the date of your 1st sector. As long as the last sector departs on that day, it is fine. It can arrive 1 or 2 calendar days after.

That certainly makes sense. Much more so than the open ended wording about "Return travel from the last stopover point must commence no later than 12 months after departure."

Pretty sure the people who wrote the rules weren't factoring in a crazy scenario like the one you posed.

Correct.

So for an Australia originating XONEX ticket departing on 1st Jan 25 a passenger could fly QF2 LHR-SYD as their last sector departing on 1st Jan 26 even though it will arrive on 3rd Jan 26. Only the departure date and not the arrival date appears on the ticket. They could not however fly QF2 LHR-SIN departing on 1st Jan 26 connecting to QF52 SIN-BNE on 2nd Jan 26 as the 2nd Jan 26 date would be beyond the NVA date..

yes entirely correct, NVB and NVA are per segment, and last segment would have to be on 1st jan

Hi, I’m trying to book my first RTW trip. Could someone please check this itinerary for me? It looks fine on this page, but when I try to select a flight, it won’t price correctly. Thanks in advance!

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I'm no kind of expert but I would start by changing each instance of LON into a specific airport because AIUI arriving at say LHR and departing from LGW chews up a sector. Perhaps because the tool doesn't know which London airports are involved, it can't verify that you're not exceeding 4 sectors in the Europe/Middle East "continent"?

The Oneworld booking tool is extremely buggy and regularly does not return what you want. However by the "(max 34000) miles" I suspect it is trying to book an XGLOB34 rather than a XONE3. You may be able to specify Oneworld Explorer under the Fare Eligibility tab top right. Otherwise clear your cache and try again. Alternatively if you are happy to fly the LHR-LAS sector under the AA Codeshare number the AA RTW Desk might well be your friend here.

More of a question for ---> https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/onew...iences-79.html

As above replace LON with LHR - LGW.
Not a very adventurous route. Flying BA will mean many surcharges. With 3 LHR departures/stop over will have a lot of UK APD.
A map from the Great Circle Mapper - Great Circle Mapper

HNL-HND non stop is flown by HA & JL. HNL-NRT by JL. HA brand, while owned by AS (oneword airline) is not an allowable airline. So need to go back to mainland USA, unless fly JL. HA brand is expected to join oneworld March 2026.
However when you buy a *ONE* the rules are locked in. That includes only the allowable airlines at that time. Cannot add/change to "new" airlines.

AA & AS (SABRE GDS) limit to booking flights 330 days out. AS is showing 18 Nov 2026 as latest for booking. Other airlines (Amadues) are about 365 days out.

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