BA 15/16 has been around for years and years (and QR flies from DOH, not AUH ;) )

The actual wording of the rule isSo flying BA's LHR-SYD flight (which stops in SIN on the way) or flying any of the non-stop Middle East-Australia flights means Asia is included.

IMHO this is a rip-off (except for the BA flight which does actually 'touch' Asia - and there has been a long-standing paradigm of "if you touch it you pay for it" for example when JL flew NRT-GRU via JFK). It's especially a rip-off of you were taking a surface segment between Europe/Middle East and SQP - fly NO flights but pay for an extra continent!

Things might change when JJ starts its GRU-JNB flights sometime this year. That will make possible all-southern hemisphere itineraries, for example GRU-JNB-SYD-SCL-GRU. This might result in 3-continent fares being made available for itineraries originating in the southern hemisphere and that in turn might result in a re-think of this rule.
However I won't be holding my breath.

That is what was expected to happen when MH joined with their JNB-EZE flight. Only for MH to can their route to South Africa and South America shortly before the oneworld join date.

Yes of course. I've even flown BA between SYD & LHR a few times.

Thanks for correcting QR hub, which I've also flown. :o Hope my memory isn't going! :eek:

I am not sure if this has been answered before... but when I hold DONEx ticket and one of the flight is sold-out in "D" class with "E (Premium Economy)" available? For example, I am looking at NRT-DEL and on most of Sundays, which I need to fly is sold out in D so I cannot book that flight unless I downgrade myself to lower class. The next class of service is premium economy. Would they allow me to travel in PY on a DONx ticket or will they make me fly in Y?

Per xONEx rules

If premium economy is not listed as a lower class then it will book into economy.

For JL premium economy booking class E is listed, so if available it will book into that.

However, both Y and B classes are "full fare" categories and in some airlines booking into these buckets makes upgrades very easy, if not complementary. I would certainly think that at an airline's discretion you could be put into a PE seat if one's available. I've had gate agents and counter people waive formalities when confronted with a DONEx ticket - even bumped to first class when J was overbooked - so I wouldn't put your chances at zero, far from it. They're not robots after all.

Yes, on JL, "E" class will be preferred over "L", if "D" is unavailable.
(The computer reads the table from top to bottom and stops as soon as it finds a rule that applies. If no rule is found, it will take the default option specified at the top instead.)

Thanks! This is great information!

Have a quick question about baggage allowance on a DONE :

HKG-xFRA(CX)-xLHR-NCL(BA) / NCL-LHR (BA) / LHR-GIB (BA) // LHR-ORD (AA) / ORD-xBOS-HKG (CX)

I am only concerned about the first leg. CX J limit is 30kg.

Wiki says 2 pieces, with weight limits per piece with different airlines.

Which applies? If its the piece rule, what is the limit per piece? Would the dominant carrier rule apply and if so, how?

Thanks in advance.

Ballpark fares on DONE3 ex US West Coast
 

Hi,

I'm seeing about $11-12K for DONE3 fares ex SFO based on the oneworld booking tool (for 6 sectors). Is this typically what people are paying or are better deals available through specialized travel agents? Feel free to PM me if you are the latter.

Thanks!

Cost, with taxes & carrier surcharges, depends a lot on the route & carriers. Do you have a LHR or other UK departure ($$ APD).
With only 6 segments you may do better point to point.
You can do 16 segments for same base DONE3 fare

Yes, I did have LHR in the routing. It's perhaps optional, I'll take a look at dropping it or hitting DUB instead. Thanks.

APD is only 140 GBP and doesn't always apply

More likely the BA YQ+YR is at fault

Prices of the various Oneworld products vary greatly depending on the country of origin. Base price for a DONE3 issued in the USA is currently around $10,200 plus taxes/fees.

Substitute Vancouver for the origin point (you'd have to pay to get from SFO to YVR) and see what you get.