If you're an xONEx veteran, you already know this; however, if you're relatively new to this world remember to keep checking the itineraries for changes. I start a 16 segment DONE4 ex-CAI next week and was just reviewing it flight by flight. It was booked with AA; and I printed the entire itinerary from the AA system. I have found a few minor flight schedule changes. While in my case they turn out to be inconsequential, they may not be for you. I always do a detailed review about ten days out, then a final one a day or two before departure of the first flight.

An example? I had booked AA 1039 BOS-LAX departing at 1825 on July 13th. It's now been changed to AA 305 (instead of 1039) departing at 1802 (instead of 1825). I ended up finding five or six changes of similar ilk, flight number and small time changes. Then I go through the itinerary and check the seat assignments in case of equipment changes.

As I said, small and inconsequential changes in my case, but you should always check.

Edited to add: It turns out that a number of the seats I had selected have been unassigned, so I have to go through and select seats for those flights again.

Dr. HFH

Great advice. I do the same. I had more drastic changes couple of times when desired long layovers (less than 24 hours, by design) were shorten. e.g. I frequently use looooong layover in LHR so I pop into the city for visits.

I have a misconnect down the road, segment 6, due to a schedule change.

Do I need to deal with this prior to segment 1, or can I fly the first couple flights first?

The ticket is issued by QF (who I cant get thru to, do they have a special rtw desk?) - and the schedule change involves an AA flight. Can I just fly the first couple segments and then call AA RTW to make changes?

what's the price of the various ex-JAPAN xDONEs, given that it's been stated those are currently cheapest but oneworld explorer won't actually price it out online but demands I call in? Or is there a way for me to find out?

DONE3: USD $5,881.76
DONE4: USD $6,993.94
DONE5: USD $8,022.78

(according to EF)

and the DONE6 is 978,200JPY (~USD8,802)
again according to EF

It's up to you. You can wait and deal with it later if you prefer. There might be other changes by then.

I thought Mozambique was cheapest (although not nearly as cheap as it once was)? Tools such as ExpertFlyer will tell you the base fare.

Thank you to all who helped with me.

After so jigging around I managed to get a price on the OW website. I assume it's a standard price regardless of which flight you pick on the relevant leg?

One last rank amateur question, Im just about to book, waiting on TA do you get one PNR for the booking?

Different airlines do charge different YQ (aka Fuel Surcharges)
The base fare and the various taxes and fees will not change

Yes - one PNR for the whole itineray

Yes, it is cheaper:

DONE4: USD6051
DONE5: USD6897
DONE6: USD8388

But, if you don't actually want to go to Africa, then you are adding an unwanted continent - and the result is next to no saving compared to Japan

Edited to add:
Last year, prior to 1-August, the base fares were:

DONE4: USD2753
DONE5: USD3138
DONE6: USD3815
(see this post - http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/26964795-post311.html-)

Thanks, I did notice that flying both legs with CX to LHR was slightly cheaper on the taxes than one CX leg and one BA.

Thanks, I'd rather deal with the misconnect after I fly a couple flights first.
Good to know that wont cause an issue trying to checkin for the first few.

OSL is slightly cheaper, at least on some of the DONEs and MPM remains uniformly lower, Might be worth consideration, depending on your starting point, positioning costs, and objectives.

In theory the price should be the same if you mean exactly the same flights but booked with a different ticketing carrier. But in practice some carriers are more careful than others about pricing the carrier surcharges.

You will get a single "master" PNR, but each airline involved may wish to have its own PNR as well for its own technical reasons. This is the same as when you book a return trip of LON-BA-JFK-AA-LON—both BA and AA will have their own PNRs.

Thanks!

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It used to be a LOT cheaper but the difference is now marginal and I don't actually want to include Africa. Plus, positioning there is a lot more expensive for me than positioning to Japan would be.

OSL would totally work for me too (probably better than Japan even), can I look up the base fare in KVS? I don't have an EF subscription.