oneworld - New Airlines Added To ONEWorld Explorer Fares

IB and AY Are allowed on the ONEWorld fares as of Sep 1 - should make getting those bonuses a cinch.


International Flight Reservations


FARE: RTW QF/ONEW4

GENERAL CONDITION: RWQF1W4


Code Description
Departure City ADELAIDE BRISBANE CAIRNS MELBOURNE PERTH SYDNEY


Airline QANTAS AIRWAYS/BRITISH AIRWAYS/AMERICAN AIRLINES
/CANADIAN AIRLINES/CATHAY PACIFIC/FINNAIR/IBERIA
*THIS IS THE ONEWORLD EXPLORER-4 CONTINENTS FARE


Fares Updated 31 AUGUST 1999 (SM)


Published Fare AUD2849(H); AUD2699(K); AUD2599(J); AUD2399(L)
(H):16MAY-31JUL/11DEC-23DEC;
(K):01AUG-15SEP/01-10DEC/24-31DEC/01APR-15MAY;
(J):16-30SEP/16-30NOV/01-15JAN/01MAR-31MAR;
(L):01OCT-15NOV/16JAN-28FEB;


Validity MINIMUM: 7 DAYS MAXIMUM: 1 YEAR
DEPARTURES UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE (SEASONAL)


Class ECONOMY: M (QF/BA/AA/AY/CX/CP/DI/IB/IJ)


Child 67% (2 - 11 YEARS) NO UNACCOMPANIED CHILDREN


Infant 10% (UNDER 2 YEARS)


Stopovers 1)THREE FREE STOPOVERS ARE PERMITTED IN EACH OF
THE MAXIMUM F O U R CONTINENTS VISITED
OTHER THAN THAT OF COMMENCEMENT OF TRAVEL.
2)ONE FREE STOPOVER IS PERMITTED AT INTERCONT'L
DEPARTURE AND ARRIVAL GATEWAY IN THE CONTINENT
OF COMMENCEMENT OF TRAVEL.
3)UNLIMITED ADDITIONAL FLIGHT SEGMENTS(EXCEPT IN
CONTINENT OF COMMENCEMENT) MAY BE PURCHASED TO
ALLOW ADDITIONAL STOPOVERS WITHIN A CONTINENT
AT AUD160/ECONOMY CLASS P E R FLIGHT SEGMENT


Notes * THIS IS THE QANTAS AIRWAYS"ONEWORLD F O U R
CONTINENTS" PUBLISHED FARE - TRAVEL O N L Y
IS PERMITTED WITHIN A MAXIMUM OF F O U R
CONTINENTS AT THIS FARE LEVEL. HIGHER FARES
APPLY FOR TRAVEL INVOLVING 5 TO 6 CONTINENTS.
'CONTINENTS' ARE DEFINED AS: EUROPE AND MIDDLE
EAST/AFRICA/ASIA/SOUTH WEST PACIFIC/NORTH
AMERICA(INCLUDING CANADA MEXICO CARIBBEAN/
CENTRAL AMERICA AND PANAMA)/SOUTH AMERICA.
* TRAVEL MUST BE TO/FROM OR VIA ADJACENT
CONTINENTS (I.E. A SYDNEY TO LONDON JOURNEY IS
CONSIDERED THREE CONTINENTS:S.W.P-ASIA-EUROPE)
* ALL TRAVEL MUST BE ACCORDING TO ROUTINGS.
A.SEASONALITY IS DETERMINED DATE OF OUTBOUND FLT
B.UPGRADING BY SECTOR FROM ECONOMY TO BUSINESS
OR BUSINESS TO FIRST CLASS IS NOT PERMITTED.
* FARES/RULES SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE.


Payment/ticket TICKET STOCK: QF/BA/AA/CX/CP ONLY.
ENDORSED:"VALID QF/BA/AA/AY/CX/CP/DI/IB/IJ"
IMPORTANT NOTICE: REQUIRED.


Cancellation BEFORE DEPARTURE: NO PENALTY
AFTER DEPARTURE: NO PENALTY-FARE REASSESSED.


Changes A.CHANGES NOT REQUIRING TICKET REISSUE: FREE
B.VOLUNTARY REROUTING REQUIRING TICKET REISSUE:
1.BEFORE DEPARTURE: ONE PERMITTED AT NO CHARGE
ANY SUBSEQUENT CHANGES AT AUD120 PER CHANGE;
2.AFTER DEPARTURE: PERMITTED AT A CHARGE OF
AUD120 PER TRANSACTION.


Routings A)RTW/CIRCLE TRIPS/OJ - VIA QF/BA/AA/AY/CX/CP/IB
/DI/IJ O P E R A T E D SERVICES ONLY.
B)TRANSFERS: UNLIMITED ONLINE/INTERLINE BETWEEN
QF/BA/AA/AY/CP/CX/DI/IB/IJ IS PERMITTED
SUBJECT TO A L L SECTOR/ROUTING RESTRICTIONS.
C)MAXIMUM F O U R CONTINENTS MAY BE VISITED
- WITH ONLY O N E INTERCONTINENTAL DEPARTURE
AND ARRIVAL PERMITTED FROM/IN EACH CONTINENT.
*NOTE: CIRCLE PACIFIC TRIP COMPRISING TWO
TRANSPACIFIC FLTS ARE N O T PERMITTED.
D)FREE SECTORS ARE LIMITED WITHIN EACH CONTINENT
AS FOLLOWS AND ARE SUBJECT TO THE MAXIMUM
STOPOVER ALLOWANCES. WHEN THE STOPOVER MAXIMUM
HAS BEEN REACHED ANY REMAINING USED FLIGHT
SEGMENTS SHALL BE FORFEITED -
1)4 SECTORS: EUROPE AND MIDDLE EAST WITH N O
MORE THAN 2 OF WHICH MAY BE TO/FROM MID.EAST
2)4 SECTORS: AFRICA/STH.WEST PACIFIC/STH.AMER.
3)6 SECTORS: NORTH AMERICA.
4)5 SECTORS: ASIA.
E)UNLIMITED ADDITIONAL FLIGHT SEGMENTS MAY BE
PURCHASED AT AUD160 EACH (SHOW AS 'Q' IN TKT).
NOTE: ONE SEGMENT FOR EACH FLIGHT NUMBER TAKEN
F)TRAVEL MUST BE IN A CONTINOUS EASTBOUND OR
WESTBOUND DIRECTION WITHOUT BACKTRACK EXCEPT:
1)WITHIN CONTINENTS IS PERMITTED EXCEPT: NORTH
AMERICA-WHERE A BACKTRACK BETWEEN HAWAII AND
CONTINENTAL USA/CANADA IS N O T PERMITTED.
2)BACKTRACKING IS NOT CONSIDERED WHEN BETWEEN:
NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA; EUROPE MID EAST AND
AFRICA; ASIA AND AUSTRALIA; ASIA AND AFRICA.
G)ONLY O N E NONSTOP/DIRECT TRANSCONTINENTAL*
FLIGHT WITHIN/BETWEEN USA/CANADA IS PERMITTED.
*TRAVEL BETWEEN A CITY IN A U.S/CANADIAN STATE
BORDERING THE ATLANTIC OCEAN(WAS/YUL/YYZ/YOW/
SJU) AND A US STATE BORDERING THE PACIFIC OCEAN
(YVR/YYC/YEG).
H)TRAVEL MAY NOT CONTINUE THROUGH THE ORIGINAL
POINT OF ORIGIN.
I)ONLY O N E INTERNATIONAL DEPARTURE/ARRIVAL
TO/FROM THE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN IS PERMITTED.
J)SURFACE SECTORS PERMITTED AT PSGRS OWN EXPENSE
AND WILL BE COUNTED AS ONE STOPOVER.
L)WHEN TRAVEL IS VIA ATLANTIC AND PACIFIC OCEANS
ONLY ONE TRANSATLANTIC AND ONE TRANSPACIFIC
FLIGHT IS PERMITTED.
M)TRAVEL IS NOT PERMITTED ON ANY CODESHARE FLTS
OTHER THAN THOSE OPERATED BY QF/BA/AA/AY/CP/CX
/IB/IJ/DI
N)TRAVEL N O T PERMITTED FOLLOWING CX FLTS:
760-69/790-99/1000-119/1200-79/1290-99/1748-49


Suggested Route 4 CONTINENTS: SYD/JNB/LON/YYZ/CHI/LAX/SYD


Combinations 1.NOT PERMITTED.
2.CONSTRUCTIONS: NOT PERMITTED WITH ADD-ONS.
3.BA EUROEPAN AIRPASS ...BAPASS


Fare Basis ECONOMY: M*ONEW4 (* = ADD SEASONALITY)


Credit Cards PERMITTED










Rules copied from www.travel.com.au (http://www.travel.com.au) website




[This message has been edited by 3544quebec (edited 09-04-1999).]

Did Oneworld removed the 3-continent fare at the same time ? Can't locate it on the travel.com.au site, just the 4, 5, and 6 continent fares.

I think that's because from Australia a 3 Continent fare isn't an Around the World - its a Circle the Indian fare. Australia-Asia-Africa-Australia.

I thought you could do: Australia-Africa-North America-Australia.

QF Australia - Africa
AA Africa - North America
QF North America - Australia

AA codeshares the JNB to JFK route with South African Airways and SAA is not oneWorld so you can't count that flight as part of the oneWorld alliance fare.

Incidentally, flying through asia from Australia to Europe consititues 3 continents whether or not you are stopping in asia. ie Australia, Asia , Europe.

C340: Yes, you are correct, AA is strictly code-share JNB-USA. So the 4 or more continents from Australia makes sense.

Can someone tell me the "sector" limitation means ? Say in Europe, where the limit is 4, would this exceed ?

SIN-LHR-IST
IST-LHR-Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv-LHR-MAD
MAD-LHR-GRU

This has three stop-overs (Istanbul, Tel Aviv, and Madrid) within Europe. Does this violate the sector limitation as I see 6 intra-Europe segments ?

Hey are you doing the same routing that I am thinking of? It is just uncanny that I was working on that problem just a couple of days ago...anyway, the solution would be to fly from TLV to MAD on IB. Then from MAD to LHR Or you could just 'pay' for an extra sector. I am not too sure of the cost. It will be based on what class your whole ticket is booked on. It's between US$100-$160, I think.

If you need extra sectors you can downgrade from your original class of booking. (Applicable to First and Business only). So, if you've purchased the ticket in first you have the choice of buying the extra segments in first, business or coach. Makes a lot of sense when you consider that most of the short sectors don't offer first.