ampersand view, having a time with model data fetching and binding

my_model.js

var AmpersandModel = require('ampersand-model');
var config = require('clientconfig');
var Status = require('./status');

var StatusModel = new Status();
var ItineraryModel = AmpersandModel.extend({
  props: {
    uuid: ['string', true, ''],
    userId: ['string', true, ''],
    expiredAt: ['string', true, ''],
    items: ['array', true, function() { return []; }]
  },
  children: {
    status: Status
  },
  urlRoot: config.apiUrl + '/itinerary',
  ajaxConfig: function() {
    return {
      xhrFields: {
        responseType: "json"
      },
      useXDR: true
    }
  }
});

module.exports = ItineraryModel;

my_view.js

var PageView = require('./base');
var templates = require('../templates');

module.exports = PageView.extend({
  prop: {
    status: 'object'
  },
  autoRender: false,
  pageTitle: 'my itinerary',
  template: templates.pages.myItinerary,
  bindings: {
    'model.status.message': '[data-hook~=status-message]',
    'model.status.code': '[data-hook~=status-code]'
  },
  render: function () {
    this.renderWithTemplate();
    this.fetchItinerary();
  },
  fetchItinerary: function () {
    this.model.fetch();
    this.model.status.fetch();
    return false;
  },
});