Despite my reservations with the current government in office, every once in a while politicians pass a piece of legislation with real value to us Canadian citizens...wish I knew which one to thank for this legislation.

That URL doesn't work any more. Is there an updated map?

Apologies for the tardy response.

Lan's upgrade system works well for RTW/Circle Pacific tickets (Visit South America Passes?) where these tickets are booked in D class. The downside is these upgrades can only be confirmed at the gate. It's not so good for normal single/return tickets as the minimum upgradeable fares are far too high. It also worth well using Lan Kms to upgrade individual sectors as this is the only method of guaranteeing an upgrade before arriving at the airport.

Does anybody know why LHR-LAS BA direct flight is not coming up as an option when i try and book flights online or am I being thick again?

Are you using the plan option or plan and book option in the online tool? If the latter then there needs to be availability in the required booking class (L D or A).

I'm trying to use the online tool to book LONE4 - per BA.com availibility is showing in L (obviously) so this probably needs to be moved to the 'bugs' thread.

L on BA.com doesn't necessarily mean L is available for your RTW booking. There are various factors used by airlines to control inventory - point of sale restrictions (available for tickets bought in some countries but not in other countries), married segment logic (available on certain connecting itineraries but not origin & destination or vice versa), sub-limits (not available on certain fares), etc.

Not sure if this is the right place to ask this

I'm trying to book a DONE ticket for a July 22nd departure from BOS to LHR on BA. I'm booking this through a travel agent locally as I didn't feel like dealing with the hassle. As some of you have noted, the BA desk seems to be pretty slow, and they still haven't gotten back to my agent about pricing, etc, so I can actually pay for it. Should I..

1) Keep waiting?

2) call the desk myself?

3) Go with AA? (I'd rather not fly AA...)

Apologies in advance if this is the wrong place to ask.

xONEx buying extra sectors
 

Q: Can I buy more segments?
A: Yes, you can buy up to two more segments per continent, other than the continent of origin, at varying prices depending on the class in which you are booked. You cannot, however, have more than 20 segments in total.

Is this still correct?

cheers,

Henry

No it isn't, and the OP has been updated.

I have a quick question - I'm going to book LONE3 travelling through US and Asia and back to Europe.
I'm going to ticket this through AA - but not sure which FF program to allocate to the booking. I'm BA gold, but also have an AA account with no status. Per my route I'm not going to be flying BA metal at all. 6 Flights on AA (inc Atlantic crossing), 1 JAL, 4CX, 1 Qantas.
I would want to use my BA status for lounge visits where possible, but looking at it, it doesn't make sense to accrue the miles there? I realise on L this won't necessarily make a massive difference, but just wondered what the most sensible choice was.

Thanks for any advice.

If the routing works out correctly, I'd sign up for the AA Platinum challenge and try to earn as many AA miles as possible - details on the AA board. If it works, book the relevant QF, JL and CX flights using AA codes, as you'll receive full AA miles and bonuses, vs. discounted mileage (or in the case of CX, nothing for L fares.)

Now that ATI is in place, who knows how valuable an AA vs. BA mile will be in a year? Nonetheless, I'd assume more is better.

Yea, I have my doubts about the true value of this too, but I'm still shooting for volume.

Originally Posted by chrislondon2
....how easy is it just to turn up at a travel agent or an airline ticket desk in, say, Montreal or Ottowa and buy an AONE6 on the spot for the Canadian$ equivalent of the locally published fare at the point of origin of the AONE6?....


My AONE6 was easily sorted out by Elly Miller, many thanks. A Can$600 admin fee was worthwhile. However, this decision to buy through an agent (something I've never done previously with any airline ticket) really proved unexpectedly useful since my first flight (TLV-LHR) was cancelled because of the volcanic ashcloud. Not only was Elly very proactive in seeking to assist me in TLV [although I'd been more pro-active myself and found my own way back to London ... but that's a long story!] but, more importantly, Elly was of massive assistance in several consequential rebookings of much of the AONe6.

For anyone who is thinking of using the Canadian option to save some significant money on a rtw ticket, I'd strongly recommend Elly Miller

I'm unclear about the term "admin fee". Was the entire C$600 amount the agent's commission, that could have been entirely avoided by buying the ticket directly from an airline .... or was that the total of taxes/fuel charges etc. associated with the ticket? If the latter, do you know how much (if any) of that was the agent's commission? Thanks!