While ex-CAI is a very good price, it is not the super deal that ex-MPM is. I lost out on the ex-MPM deal, so I'll settle for an xONE4 from there.

i purchased my first done3 ex japan in august 15, my second rtw ex jnb in jan 16, and 2 more rtw ex mpm in july. i cant fit more rtw in my schedule anymore. :(

The online tool definitely allows 16 segments. However its error messages are not the best.
The message was actually telling you that you had too many segments (5) in Europe/Middle East, where only 4 are allowed.

Ah, I see. You mean the last one, DOH-CAI. Interesting that AA said it was OK. Let's see what the rate desk has to say.

This is very odd. Did something change in the tool? A few weeks ago I used to be able to price out a xONEx ticket, and in some cases (i.e. if the longest segment was AA, etc) I used to be redirected to an AA page where I'd input my credit card and pay. I played with routings for like a week, and finally bought a ticket like that. But now, if I try the same thing, I get to a page that creates a PNR and tells me to call in.

I don't really like calling people, so I'd really prefer this be done automatically. What happened to the old page? Or am I doing something wrong?

Yes there is a new version of the tool - being discussed here - http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/onewo...king-tool.html

It seems the new version is as quirky/buggy as the old version:rolleyes:

Does it do that for all airlines now? It used to only require calling someone if it was sent to BA.

AA would not issue my Aone4 or Aone5 ex CAI last week, But BA did after calling. I could not process on line.
The web site will not give me a price now.
Perhaps the ex- CAI price is been raised?
I did manage to but 2 RTW tickets ex CAI. from BA.

but will not count towards my EXP spend.

What are you talking about? Of course it will. That's why AA published the EQD for all of the partner airlines for next year. It's distance-based and a D class fare will generally get you 25% EQD for the distance traveled (a much better deal for the passenger than the fare based model AA uses for its own flights). However, I recently ticketed a RTW fare through QF and the amount I paid immediately showed up in my AA account, so let's see which method they ultimately use.

A number of airlines have withdrawn their CAICAI fares.

WOW I hope you are right. I placed my BA number on all next years flights. So should I put my AA number back in??

Thanks for the heads up.

My calculations on my part-completed ex-MPM DONE5 are:

• I will fly the remaining 8 flights on the ticket in 2017
• The whole ticket cost me less than AUD5000 all-in (so about USD3,750)
• For the remaining 8 flights I calculate I will earn
• > 55,000 AAward Miles
• Just under 38,000 EQM, and
• > 6,000 EQD (so sufficient to qualify for PLT status)

I have two LAN flights which will earn me 20cents EQD per flown mile
and six Qantas flights which will earn me 25cents EQD per flown mile
:):):)

The tool will still process some ex-CAI xONEx itineraries; I was able to book one and after it showed me the price pay for it online at the ticketing airline's web site. But it was very persnickety about the routing and flights. Many flights or cities caused it to error out instead of giving a price and telling me to call.

Can you still price online your itinerary? I've been playing with it like crazy and have yet to have it price any itinerary, from 4 segments to 16 segments, no dice!

Yes, I just priced a simple six-flight , four-continent trip.

What itin are you trying?