Mine was ticketed on 14 August.

Serfty, I don't suppose you have a copy of the technical rule sheet pre-14 August and post? I hadn't even noticed the change to s. 16(a)(1)(a): ". . . If the fare level has decreased since ticket issuance, no refund will apply" but if the fare has gone up, get out your credit card. To me this is along the lines of the reduction of sectors from 20 to 16, the inclusion of surface sectors in the total number etc. There doesn't seem to be have been much coming back the XONEx passenger's way in recent times. But I guess that would be the subject of another thread.

I don't think your comments are off-topic at all. This thread is about a "big" 10% discount, and everything OW has done for several years has massively subtracted value from the product while increasing cost. Golly, they're surprised that the tickets aren't selling like hot-cakes.

One of AA's best and nicest rtw agents called a couple of days ago and left vm telling me about the fare sale. It was sweet of her to call, but I could just hear her manager beating her and her fellows to get out there and sell.

Perhaps the OW group should give an extra 5 % on top of the new 10 % to FTers. Surely this forum must be a huge promotional plus for the (A)RTW fares.

Maybe someone could convince AA to add a link to FT - Alliances -One World forum in their drop down menus- AA Advantage - Partners and Mileage Programs page ????? :rolleyes::D There is already a charities entry....

Who would be getting the better publicity?

Fred

Quick question (can't quite find the answer) - Does SA remain the cheapest place to issue a DONE4/5?

The 10% discount is definitely looking very attractive.

What is BA's USA RTW desk number?

1-800-828-7797

I finally found time to call the AA RTW desk today. The man I spoke with seemed distracted and rushed, and he didn't seem to know anything about changing the first flight triggering a reissue. I changed the date of the first flight and another flight. When I got the e-mail confirmation, the only reference to price or payment was, "Payment Type: Exchange." I'll check to see if a refund issues, but it does not look promising.

Christep, FYI, I just confirmed this to be the case. See my post in another thread.