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.

ex OSL DONE4 US$6873, DONE5 7848, DONE5 8854
Exchange rate variations might affect these USD amounts slightly day to day

Yes, you can -- please follow the RTW/Q43 section of the KVS Tool User Guide:

[KVS Tool 8.5.5 - Routing Rules: OSL-OSL/BA/DONE4/*]

done3 ex JPY booked- need some advice
 

Been staring at a exJapan DONE3 (i think) for the past week. finally pulled the trigger today for a starting flight in 2 days from Tokyo-HKG first before onwards to London.

Did booking on OW website. When I was playing around with TOK-LHR as first leg before, was not able to pay on the website and instead asked to call into BA Japan office to pay. However as I wanted to add the Tok-HKG leg anyhow I did that and a payment field came up. Finally put in payment dets and pulled trigger about 6 hours ago and got a confirmation email with reservation code and saying an eticket will follow. Haven't yet received that eticket and I haven't seen my card charged

Any vets here know how long it usually takes? I see the first few legs of the flights show up on my marco polo account used on the booking, but as payment not processed (there was a 0.01 usd charge from Cathay) and i havent received an eticket I am a bit paranoid given I am supposed to fly out in 2 days.

Also, if i were to want to make changes to this ticket, who do I call or contact?
My schedule is only certain for the first few legs and last few, in between i could be changing stops.

If you are ticketing this on BA I advise you to call them today (as soon as the phone lines open) and find out what is going on. Do not accept "it'll be done soon" as an answer, unless they check with the back office that really is being done soon. Impress upon them that you are travelling in two days and this is not a simple ticket.

There is a special queue for interline tickets and yours should be in it.

BA ticketing is pretty terrible, this is all done by hand and things can fail to be ticketed.

I assume you are monitoring your reservation with a tool like My Flights so you will be aware when it is ticketed.

Also, we don't see many people flying from Torokina. ;) [Tokyo is TYO]

BA can change your ticket now, once one sector is flown (in theory) any oneworld airline can take ownership of it. In reality you are probably stuck with BA or maybe CX/AA/JL/QF. Not sure anyone else can really do rtw tickets.

I misread, though you were being ticketed by BA. Call CX.

Since the first sector is tyo hkg, the first sector is likely to be cx or it would fail as the online engine used to be able to ticket it if the first sector is cx. Just call cx to see if it has ticketed.

Only just saw this so perhaps a bit late.

They have taken up to a week or more to be ticketed in my experience.

PM me if you want an email address for the CX office in Tokyo.

is it still the cheapest to issue one world RTW ex cairo?

Those fares are no longer available - see this thread http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/onewo...w-tickets.html

I'm looking to book the following. DFW-NRT/HND-LHR-DFW in Business. Ideally JL then BA then AA.

However, when pricing it out on the oneworld website, the first leg DFW-NRT is not giving me the option of Business on JL, only on AA. JL comes up as premium economy. I thought it needed D class availability for Business?

This is the availability on JL according to expertflyer:
C9 J9 D9 X1 I0 Y9 W9 E9 B9 H9 K9 M9 L9 V9 S9 N4 Q9 O0 G0

I'd much prefer JL to AA. Am I missing something? Would calling help me book this? If so, which airline do I call?

You're looking at JL11, the 787, and not a JL codeshare on an AA flight? At any rate, calling will help you book, as the web tool can act up.

Correct, I'm looking at JL11. Well, I just realized the JL 787 is 2-2-2 and not 1-2-1, so I should probably go with AA anyway. Thanks!

Yeah, some JL 787s still have the old slanted-flat paired seats, which are nowhere near as nice as AA's. Plus, AA provides PJs and bedding in J, at least on some flights (I'm not sure what AA's specific policy is as to which flights get them). Update: according to the JL Sky Suite route page, DFW-NRT has the 787 Sky Suite four days a week: Mon, Wed, Fri, and Sun.

Or, you could route via JFK, ORD, or LAX, which has daily Sky Suite 777 service. JFK has the advantage of a longer flight, so more time to sleep and relax.

I'd opt for JL's new Sky Suite product over AA's, personally.

Thanks, I'll definitely go AA. I just assumed a far east carrier on newer plane (787 vs 777) would be better.

I edited my post while you were replying, to note that JL does offer the 787 Sky Suite out of DFW four days a week (Mon, Wed, Fri, and Sun), and also to suggest routing JL via other US cities (JFK, ORD, SFO, or LAX; JFK has the advantage of a longer flight, so more time to sleep and relax). If you're buying a DONE3 product, you can add extra domestic segment essentially for free.

I'd opt for JL's new Sky Suite product over AA's J, personally.

I'm flying out on a Friday.

So I'm confused. JL's Sky Suite is only present on some 787s? It's 2-2-2 but with all aisle access, correct? The seatmaps on EF all show the same map for Fri/Sat/Sun for JL11, so I'm not sure how to tell the difference.

Sorry we keep replying over each other. I looked at your link, and their schedule changes by the time I'm flying (October) to daily sky suites from DFW. This is the product I originally saw in pictures and assumed was better than AAs, so I guess I'm back to trying to get on JL now. :)

I appreciate the help.

All the 787-9s have Sky Suites, shown on JAL timetables as 'SS9'.
The oldest 787-8s have the old angled flat Neo Shell seats.
The newer 787-8s have Sky Suites, shown on the timetables as 'SS8'.
All 3 configs have 2-2-2 in Business, but the sky suites have the seats offset so all seats have aisle access.

There is a new xONEx rule sheet date 1 AUG posted on the oneworld website.
https://www.oneworld.com/documents/1...9-d346ec820edf

Only change I've noticed is adding AA Premium Economy fare code.
Any thing else?

Thanks for letting us know Himeno
I have spotted a significant change, which I have posted in the relevant thread - http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/28695746-post461.html

One of my flights on my ticket has been cancelled. They have moved the flight 5 minutes later and it has the same flight number. Im putting the 'cancellation' down to moving me from premium economy to economy (guess they aren't running that cabin on it any more, its a LATAM flight)

It wants me to accept the change but I cant do it online. Do I just call BA CS (who I paid the ticket too)

Call BA yes. But also, find out whether the W cabin still exists, sometimes BA's IT is not the best. The cabin may be there or it may now be a J cabin.

Ok this might be wrong thread but this question is about RTW ticket, Visa, skipping the last leg and CX so there are many forums where I could put this and I have to choose one:)

I`am in the middle of the RTW trip (EX-MPM) and now in HKG. I have to end this trip to Africa so my last flights are in couple of days HKG-MAD-SSG (CX-IB). My plan is to skip MAD-SSG leg but here`s the questions:

1.) I have 9h lay-over in MAD so can I just tell HKG check-in agent that I have been travelling so much (what is true) that I have so many gifts (what is true) to my friends and I want to get rid of those presents in MAD so I would like to short check-in my bags only to MAD.

2.) Can check-in agent see that I don`t have Visa to SSG and can they ask to see my Visa in the check-in counter and can that become problem?

3.) If they can see it from computer somehow or ask to see it can I say:

A) I will get Visa when I am in Madrid. (Sunday so don`t know if they believe this).

B) Tell them that I don`t need visa because I will re-route myself in MAD to CPT and with my passport I don`t need visa to CPT (true). And this is flexible ticket so rules allows it (not sure if they allows it in the middle of the transfer when I can`t make stop-over anymore..)

C) say that i have 2 passports (not true) and I have visa in another one. I travel so much that i have to have 2 passports because another one is alway in embassy to waiting some visa and my another passport is in my parents summer house in Madrid.

4.) Can they see that I already have ticket with another OW carrier out from MAD for the next day (I have..) and ask how I can continue to SSG if I have ticket out of MAD for the next day.

5.) they don`t ask visa but wont let me short check-in my bags so I just go to the counter in MAD after first leg and say them that I don`t fly the last segment so they wont put my bags forward. What happens?

6.) Am I thinking too much :D


Thank you!

You can request your bags in MAD, yes. I would expect CX to short check them if you ask.

Yes, of course. Visa checking is part of their job. Expect to show evidence that you will be admitted to EG.

Keep your lies to a minimum. The carrier may not want to get involved in "if I get a visa" stories.

Great, maybe the CX agent will help you do your change there and then.

The carrier can refuse to transport you to MAD if they think you won't be admitted to Spain. So I assume your "real" passport is good for this.

They won't see this unless they look carefully and the other airline also uses Amadeus. Either way, who cares. Lots of people have lots of tickets.

A lot of grumbling but you'll get your bags (eventually, may take a couple of hours). Narrow possibility that they get sent to SSG anyway.

Since date and time changes are free, see if you can change the MAD-SSG flight to be as late as possible (e.g., one year after your first flight). That will avoid all problems with short-checking bags, visa checks, etc.

Thank you anabolism and Calchas for your replys.

I cant make any more stop-over in europe. Another problem is that this is booked through S7 that uses different system than Amadeus so I have not had luck making changes to this trip with any carrier who uses Amadeus. Luckily S7 have been amazing with the changes but cant make this to stop-over cause I cant back-track to europe.

What would you do in my situation to get in the plane in HKG without visa to SSG?

Thank you!

No way to change MAD-SSG to an open sector is there? :) (Probably not)

If you have a passport that will get you into Spain, then you are probably fine. Use your second passport pretension if you have to. Try to get your bags short checked to MAD.

If you have a passport that doesn't guarantee entry into Spain, it may be more difficult. You might be better off being honest and saying you're dropping the sector but you have an alternative onward flight.

Not sure I want to give any firm advice. :)

• You could show up in HKG and hope for the best
• You could get a visa
• You could pay the re-route fee and change MAD-SSG to MAD-JNB (assuming you don't need a visa for South Africa). IB has a flight Mondays, Thursdays, Fridays. Or anywhere else in Africa with a direct flight from MAD where you don't need a visa (IB flies to CAS, DKR, etc.)

How much is a visa and how much hassle is it to get? If it was me, I wouldn't want to risk being denied boarding in HKG.

Thank you again for your help!

I have no problem entering Spain with my passport and don`t need visa to get there. Does HKG agent only check that I`am ok to go to Spain or already SSG?

I can`t get visa to SSG because process is so long that I don`t have time (my flight leaves today and I`am heading to the airport in 9h and just realised couple days ago that my flight is all the way to the SSG and not only in Spain) :eek:

I don`t want to drive my self in the dead end with my stories in the counter so I have to have clear strategy:)

Dear FT gods, with these informations that you have (no time to get Visa and my passport have access to enter Spain) what would be the best:

1.) Ask if they can short check in my bags to Spain because there are stuff that we need.

-Then they ask to see visa and:
A) I say I will push the MAD-SSG flight when I get to Spain and I have another flight out of Spain.
B) It is in my another passport that is in Spain.

Or another way:

2.) Just go to the counter (emerald counter if that maters) and explaining straight away that need short check in because I will re-route myself in Spain and thats why I took 10h transfer time and I have ticket rules printed with me and can show that these are totally flexible tickets.

What are the odds that they ask SSG Visa here in HKG?

If it was me, I'd try this. Or re-route MAD-JNB or somewhere else in Africa where I don't need a visa.

I went to the HK city center emerald/first check-in counter (where the airport express train is) and had zero problems. Got baggage checked only to MAD and no questions about SSG visa. Thank you once again for your help!

Fortune favours the bold!

CX won't get any problems for taking someone to MAD who has the right to enter there. I fail to see why this was ever likely to be an issue - airlines only care about circumstances in which they might have to take someone back again at their expense.

Leo123 did not disclose that he was entitled to enter Spain in the original post. :)

Also, he had a connection to SSG, so it would be normal to enquire into the visa situation even if he was passing through a country where he was a resident.

The airline only cares about their revenue risk. If there's no risk in taking him to MAD then they'll be happy to do it, curiosity notwithstanding. And OK, but how many people posting on these forums need a visa for Spain? Less than 5% I guess.

I am looking to book a LONE4 originatingin London, booked through BA (as I am trying to hit the $20k spend on a BAChase signature Visa) and in the UK as the £ price is cheaper than the $ price,the card has no foreign transaction fees and it’s originating in the UK anyway.

I have the itinerary pretty muchnailed down using the online tool. One stumbling block is the HTI-SYD leg,which shows no L availability on the dates I need to travel (very littleflexibility due to vacation constraints). On ExpertFlyer I can see that thereis L availability, but only with the USA point of sale.

Wondering if anyone is aware how flexiblethe airlines are on the point of sale is for these explorer tickets or if thereare any workarounds?

• Is there a way a UK basedBA agent can book that one segment as a US POS?
• Could I book a UKoriginating itinerary through BA in the US? And if so, would that count as US POS but still be the £price converted to $?
• Could I book the itineraryas previously planned in the UK and at a later date make a change to book theHTI-SYD leg from a US point of sale? How would I do that?

Thanks in advance