I have purchased a RTW ex-BKK last week, and potentially, I need to re-route (within the same 34,000 limit). My travel agent told me that re-routing is free of charge, but I thought I have read some rules (from the sticky) that I will be charged USD125 per re-route. Can anyone confirm? Thanks.

No - rerouting will be charged - if you rebook - meaning same segment at different date /time and AFAIK even airlinechange is free of charge.

Cheers

Thomas

Isn't rerouting also free as long as it merely involves changing transfer points (airports marked with an "x" in the paper ticket) between two stopover points (airports not marked with an "x" in the ticket)?

Examples: LAX-xJFK(SQ)-xFRA-MUC could not only be changed to LAX-xJFK(LH)-xFRA-MUC, but also to something like LAX-xZRH-MUC or LAX-MUC without charge. True?

Not true.

Changing the city pairs in any segment is a rerouting that requires a ticket re-issue. Unless the re-routing is involuntary, you pay the re-issue fee.

So switching from SQ to LH is free, but simplifying a route by taking out segments between stopovers will be punished. Makes sense...NOT. And since it's stupid, you must be right - after all, we are talking about something airline-related.

Thank you all.

Further question ... if the airlines is changing departure time for some reason (for the same flight number), does that constitute a good reason for a involuntary re-route?

Definitely.
As long as the time change is big enough.

Well, only 1 hr difference - departing and arriving 1 hr later. I have no connecting flight, I guess that is not a good reason to claim an involuntary re-route.

Re-routing definitely means paying the fee. But, there may be some cases, when you are able to avoid paying for it. specially when it involves same airline and connecting sectors for which direct flights exists.

If you want to do do LAX-MUC, instead of LAX-xFRA-MUC, then your best bet is to get to the airport on the day of the flight and talk to the airline. If the direct flight is around the same time as the other flight, then it probably will be easier. Of course, I am also assuming that all flights are LH.

In that case, the airline in question will just give you a single boarding pass against two ticket coupons. Re-routing and re-issue is not involved. I have done this once. I have also once actually introduced a connection (MAN-FRA-MUC), instead of MAN-MUC without paying for it, by just arriving at the airport a way too early and make a nice request to LH (handled by BD, i think).

The airline making time changes would be a perfectly good reason to go talk about it, specially if it makes your connection time really tight at the connection point. It may actually make your connection time illegal, in which case the Airline will be requried to offer re-routes. Some airports like LAX now have huge MCTs on domestic-international flights (3 hrs i am told), so that may be of advantage to you.

good luck.