Well I took the advice from Cheryl (big thanks) and reserved seats only for booking with AA after the 1st attempt took me so long with seating etc and logged me out! 2nd time all done in about 7 mins (4 guests) - I was proud of myself. Will go back in and add meals, luggage etc as suggested. Well worth the waiting room!
Also made my first booking with Asia Rooms for one leg of our holiday next April. It was so easy, I actually phoned the call centre to confirm as I thought I had done it wrong.
I had been so apprehensive about doing the bookings myself however had gone through quite a few archives and recent postings to have a fairly clear idea of what to do.
All these years travelling and paying the middle man(not anymore).