eosphoros
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I've been combing through the OWE rules and notice that there is an exception to the rule of "the resultant fare must not be lower than from the country of sale" where it is "Not applicable when BOTH travel originates and sales are made within the European Common Aviation Area (ECAA)/Switzerland." I currently have an itinerary ex-MXP priced up on the online tool but would much rather ex-ZRH. Unfortunately, the online tool quotes me a price that is around $2000 AUD higher. Of course, I can't actually call AY (or AA for that matter) and ask them to ticket ex-ZRH as they will charge me ex-AUS prices. The only way I can think of to get the ex-ZRH ticket at ex-MXP prices is to present myself to a travel agent in Europe (other than Switzerland) and book the fare there and this is problematic. Of course, then there are other issues such as competency of the travel agent and extra travel agents fees when trying to make changes (which I will have to do as this ticket will be utilising the entire 12 month limit, without even a single day to spare).
Does anyone have any suggestions for this situation? Or, for the sake of not over-complicating, should I just book the ticket ex-MXP and have it ticketed directly with AY and then deal with them?
Does anyone have any suggestions for this situation? Or, for the sake of not over-complicating, should I just book the ticket ex-MXP and have it ticketed directly with AY and then deal with them?