DONE 4 question

[dragonman]

I am aware that these kinds of tickets must be completed within a year. Is it a year from when the booking is made or is the year from when the first trip is taken?

 

[RooFlyer]

From here:

Return travel from the last stopover point must commence no later than 12 months after departure.

 

[dragonman]

That's what I thought. The AA RTW desk person told me it was a year from when the ticket was booked.

 

[pyffii]

I am aware that these kinds of tickets must be completed within a year. Is it a year from when the booking is made or is the year from when the first trip is taken?

I have done many many DONE4 and DONE5's and in every instance the return journey to the start point must finish on the 365th day....for us we usually complete travel anywhere from 360-365 days...And we have never had any issues whats so ever...Hope this helps

 

[Himeno]

It is a year from the first flight. Only the flights up to the first intercontinental flight must be booked with dates locked, other flights can be open dated (though routing locked in).

The issue is that although you can take a year to complete the trip, flights might not be available for booking that far out, with flights typically available for sale 330-350 days out from the current date.

 

[serfty]

What I have done is to book your routing with the actual inital planned travel with subsequent sectors, stopovers, etc mirroring your future planned route.

Then use the free re-validation to rebook the flights to the actual dates planned as they come within range (330 days for AA flights). (A service charge may be assessed.)

 

[Quickstatus]

Please explain the “free revalidation

 

[serfty]

Please explain the “free revalidation

As long as a change does not alter stopovers, transits, city-pairs, etc. then they are free - although the angency/airline making the changes can charge a service fee.

If you change segments or from a transit to a stopover (for example) then the ticket must be reissued and the USD125 fee can be charged as well as any service fee.

 

[dragonman]

It's the old story. Someone gives you bad advice ring back talk to a new person. AA have fixed the problem. Thanks for the above replies.