Not really. Once I position for the first one, the rest are easy. In the old days, I had been doing this starting at MRU. Loved that the BA staff there misunderstood the rules, thus allowing us a routing which wasn't [supposed to be] permitted. Haven't done it in a number of years because of the cost. I got an AONE3 or 4 (I can't recall now) for around USD $5K ex-ICN during the anniversary sale, but that was a number of years ago. At these prices, however, I can't pass them up.

I commute more or less every other month between UTH and various points in the U.S. (mostly BOS, JFK and GSO).

When I called the AA RTW desk last night, it says they are open on Sat./Sun. I will be calling soon, so I'll let you know.

Can you experts give me your input on this DONE4:

MPM- xDOH-SIN-(SIN- DPS surface sector)DPS-HKG-MNL-SAN-YYC-SAN (SAN-LAX surface sector)- LAX-LHR-VIE-LHR-JNB

The only bummer is no a380 on QR

May be a silly question- Are you allowed to choose your actual flights?

Not a silly question at all
In fact when phoning to book, it is preferable to spoon-feed the agent with the exact dates and flights you want.

In terms of (a) validity and (b) whether AA will ticket, your itinerary appears fine to me: you transit DOH at the beginning and then have stopovers in the continent of Europe/Middle East at the end and you have no segments between Europe and the Middle East

Thank you!! I just got off the phone with them and it all seemed okay. I'll see when I call back tomorrow. Details here in post #90 http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/onewo...l#post26994673

Does those changes mean I could do:
MPM- xDOH-SIN-(SIN- DPS surface sector)DPS-HKG-MNL-SAN-YYC-SAN (SAN-LAX surface sector)- LAX-LHR-CDG-LHR-SEZ?

How long does it take for other carriers to update their rules?

Has anyone called today? Im curious if the prices have gone up. My husband has decided that he needs a DONE4, too.:D

No sign of any price rises yet
I've never known price rises to occur on any day other than the first of the month. But I've only been around on this forum since 2008(;)). And there's always a first time for everything - for example the Rules changed on April 22nd and that was the first time I'd seen them change on a date other than the first of the month.

As far as your itinerary is concerned - the answer is yes you could do that. There is no Oneworld flight LHR-SEZ; in fact the only Oneworld flight to SEZ is QR's DOH-SEZ, so you could fly LHR-DOH-SEZ.

And just a by-the-way, no true FTer would consider short hops such as LHR-CDG-LHR on a premium class RTW ticket!! Not when you could take Eurostar for that and use the two flights segments freed up for some nice long-haul flights:D.

Nice of you to countenance letting hubby accompany you;)

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So THAT'S why you aren't very helpful on this forum ;)

Ack! Typo. meant LAX-LHR-CDG-SEZ. Thank you!

So nice! Now I am going through the process all over again to get his ticket. But, I kind of enjoy it :D

If I am understanding correctly, I can't make the above change with AA RTW desk until they recognize the rule change?

ticketed a 5 segment ex mpm on july 2017.
will pay rerouting fee after first 2 segments are flown。

there are report on aa forum that a rerouting causes aa lost the fare cost for rdm purpose and ends up credit based on fare class.

do u think aa can compute the cost of a rtw easily?

Question re code shares
 

I just called BA, who issued my DONE4, and asked them to change my flight from JFK to HKG, CX 831, to AA 8924 (the latter being the code share number for flight 831) I will be taking this flight after having flown SFO-JFK on AA, so my previous flight is AA. He said it can't be done. Any advice? Should I have fed the code share number to the agent when I booked? (The oneworld booking tool, of course, does not list code shares.) Will AA do it? I understand if another airline touches the ticket, they have to reissue the whole thing, so I doubt they'll be enthusiastic even if able. It matters for EQM accrual to AAdvantage 2 EQM/mi on AA vs 1.5 on CX.

It can be done, and indeed it should not incur a fee. I would ask another agent and press them for their reasons.

(The only reason it might not be possible is if availability differs in the codeshare and D class is zeroed out.)

Which, to confirm, you can look up in expert flyer (under AA).

I'd say no harm in calling AA and asking if they've do the change for you. Given you're switching a flight to them and it sounds like you are going over an ocean with them they may well be up for it without a charge as there's no re-routing.

Thanks for verifying, Calchas. According to EF (which, I have found, is not always right :)) there is still D availability. Agent didn't even look, just pulled up my PNR and said an airline can't book a "third party" code share. If I read the rules correctly, the change would get me about 4000 more EQM. Will definitely try again. Is there a "best number" to call for BA RTW? I had been skyping to JNB as ticket was originally issued ex CPT, but US # has been willing to make some changes and I've dealt with them successfully 2-3 times, always with transfer to another agent though.