Questions on DONE5
Mar 13, 2008, 6:03 am
#31
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I haven't, but if all that is needed to get the eTicket you want is a few dummy dates, right or wrong, why not go for it?
By the way, for the benefit of newcomers, I want to correct an error in the agent's response, probably due to haste:
"as long as the routing, class and airline remains the same"
The "airline" part is incorrect.
By the way, for the benefit of newcomers, I want to correct an error in the agent's response, probably due to haste:
"as long as the routing, class and airline remains the same"
The "airline" part is incorrect.
Mar 13, 2008, 7:07 am
#32
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AA RTW Desk says e-ticket possible. I put everyone on a conference call and they advised AA CPT to contact the ticketing helpdesk (in Dublin), but I am not convinced I'll be able to e-ticket this yet...
Mar 13, 2008, 7:24 am
#33
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Response from Dublin:
Sounds like if we want DFW-ANC then it will have to be paper tickets, in which case, I might as well get all 20 segments instead of just 16 just to be sure in case the rules change.
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97.H-I HAVE SEEN AGENCIES BEING ABLE TO ISSUE ETKTS WITH 98.H-OPEN SEGMENTS 99.H-HOWEVER IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO ISSUE ETKTS WITH 100.H-OPEN SEGMENT S AT LEAST IN OUR SYSTEM 101.H-SO IT WILL ALWAYS COME OUT AS PAPER 102.H-HOWEVER IT IS NO PROBLEM TO BOOK ALL FLIGHTS 103.H-CONFIRMED ISSUE TICKETS AND CANCEL SPECIFIC FLIGHTS 104.H-WHICH THE PAX WANTS TO LEAVE OPEN 105.H-WITH REGARDS/DUBTRF/DANA/13MAR08/AA
Mar 13, 2008, 8:18 am
#34
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Everyone is now agreeing that because of DFW-ANC is not yet open for booking, this itinerary cannot be issued as an e-ticket.
So our options now:
Any suggestions or comments?
So our options now:
- Remove ANC, issue ticket with 16 e-ticket segments, wait until the first 4 segments are flown (sometime in late Jan/early Feb 2009), then add ANC and reissue still as an e-ticket.
- Leave as a 16 segment, machine printed paper ticket, which will allow us to confirm ANC as soon as it's bookable (Nov 2008?). Advantage of this is that the image of the ticket is in the system which enables ticket offices to see it. However, we still need to physically bring the ticket to an office for re-issue.
- Book the full 20 segments now, hand written paper ticket. Will take hours to get issued now, will make re-issue fairly painful. However, no worry about possible reduction of xONEx to 16 segments. Small possibility that no reissue is needed.
Any suggestions or comments?
Mar 13, 2008, 8:21 am
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Mar 13, 2008, 9:06 am
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Mar 19, 2008, 10:16 am
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FWIW, Swissair does the hop from DXB-MCT for next to nix if you wanna book that separately.