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OW Useful Reference Links
work in progress
Here are some links that I find useful for OW. Anything else should be included? Note - links that are external to FT are italicised. OW Members and Airline Codes (with links to relevant FT fora and FAQs) OW Full Members AA American Airlines BA British Airways CX Cathay Pacific AY Finnair IB Iberia JL JAL Japan Airlines LA Lan MA Malev QF Qantas RJ Royal Jordanian Airlines Official OW Website www.oneworld.com OW PDF timetable (warning 6Mb) OW timetables for download OW itinerary planner (thread listing bugs) Unofficial OW Website FT Wiki and OW wiki master thread Mileage Monkey by SLF and originally by hauteboy (xONEx validator, route info & FFP earning, some useful links) Mileage Monkey discussion thread - updates, new routes/rules, bug fixes, etc. various OW starfiles Official OW Member Airlines Websites American Airlines British Airways Cathay Pacific Finnair Iberia JAL Japan Airlines Lan Malev Qantas Royal Jordanian Airlines FFP's which OW FFP? and here Official OW FFP's Websites American Airlines AAdvantage British Airways Executive Club Cathay Pacific Marco Polo Club and Asia Miles Finnair Plus Iberia Plus JAL Japan Airlines Mileage Bank Lan Lanpass Malev Duna Club Qantas Frequent Flyer Royal Jordanian Airlines Royal Plus Lounges Official One World Lounge Access Rules lounge access for OWE and OWS (access by status) lounge access for first and business class (access by class of travel) note this page incorrectly implies access when travelling AA domestic and North American first if not an AAdvantage member, which is not the case OW lounge access Combined OW lounge at LAX TBIT search for a OW lounge The Global Lounge Project (no longer working - does anyone have new link?) Loungeguide wiki (more than just OW) OW Booking Codes OW RTW OW itinerary planner (flash 9 required :td: ) There are 2 types of OW RTW - OW explorer (often referred to as xONEx on FT) a continent & segment based RTW, and global explorer (often referred to as xGLOBx on FT) a mileage based RTW that also includes a few select non-OW airlines. WearyBizTrvlr's RTW comparison spreadsheet (includes Star Alliance and Sky Team as well as OW) xONEx OW Explorer Ticket FAQs xONEx rules xONEx fare estimate (excl taxes and surcharges) global xONEx pricing RTW longest routings [20 segments] and RTW longest routings [16 segments] ORd-DEL is confirmed as transatlantic maximising 4 xONEx Australia segments maximising 6 xONEx North America segments and here RTW - JAL A class zeroed xONEx max 16 segments (speculation) xONEx max 16 segments from 1 June 2008 (confirmed) reduced A and D booking class availability? xGLOBx xGLOBx rules xGLOBx fare estimate (excl taxes and surcharges) OW Passes Circle Pacific, Circle Trip Explorer and Circle Asia Visit Africa, Visit Asia, Visit Japan, Visit Australia and NZ, Visit Europe, Visit North America and Visit South America New product Circle Asia & SWP OW non-fuel surcharges (RTW and others) OW unorthodox routes OW Seating pre-reserved preferential seating policies OW Mileage Expiry OW owned airlines - included in OW or not? YW Air Nostrum - yes AA AmericanConnection - yes AA American Eagle - yes BA CityFlyer - yes BA Comair - yes KA Dragonair - yes NTH Hokkaido Air System - no XM J-Air - yes JC JAL Express - yes JO Jalways - yes JAC Japan Air Commuter - no EG Japan Asia Airways - yes NU Japan Transocean Air - yes QF Jetconnect - yes JQ Jetstar - no (but allowed on some OW products) 3K Jetstar Asia - no XL Lan Argentina - yes 4M Lan Ecuador - yes LU Lan Express - yes LP Lan Peru - yes BA Loganair - yes (until October 2008) QF QantasLink - yes RAC Ryukyu Air Commuter - no BA Sun Air - yes Misc OW and major airline routings (warning large 13 megs) OW route map (requires flash 9) some OW starfiles A ticket cannot be extended indefinitely to get around rule changes OW first class routes Tax lookup on ticketed itineraries which ow carriers J & F would you choose? Please advise additions/corrections/bad links. Updated to post #16. zzz |
Future OW Members
MX Mexicana - date to be confirmed (and subsidiary XG Clickair as affiliate) Former OW Members EI Aer Lingus CP Canadian Pacific Please advise additions/corrections/bad links. Updated to post #13. |
Non OW specific
http://kvs.unrealnetwork.com (KVS support thread) and http://www.expertflyer.com/ - to check OW fares (may be more up-to-date than official OW sources) and availability. http://matrix.itasoftware.com/cvg/dispatch - to check on whether one should use a ONE segment or pay for a segment separately. great circle mapper - working out unofficial distances, anywhere in the world (reasonably accurate) amadeus seatcounter availability tool |
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I don’t know if you want to include non-OW sites. If not, just delete this message, but I use the following most frequently.
To check OW fares (may be more up-to-date than official OW sources), but particularly to check on availability, I use: http://www.expertflyer.com/ To check on whether one should use a ONE segment or pay for a segment separately, I try to find the best separate fare on: http://matrix.itasoftware.com/cvg/dispatch |
Great link collection. Make it a sticky, maybe.
One link suggestion from me. The OneWorld network map. Similar to the RTW tool but without the baggage. Great for planning. http://www.innovata-llc.com/onw/default.asp?show=MAP |
Originally Posted by Kiwi Flyer
(Post 9410601)
Non OW specific
http://www.expertflyer.com/ - to check OW fares (may be more up-to-date than official OW sources) and availability. http://matrix.itasoftware.com/cvg/dispatch - to check on whether one should use a ONE segment or pay for a segment separately. (Thanks, Kiwi Flyer for your efforts, BTW.) |
Originally Posted by Kiwi Flyer
(Post 9410595)
OW owned airlines - included in OW or not?
YW Air Nostrum - yes AA AmericanConnection - yes AA American Eagle - yes BA Comair - yes KA Dragonair - yes XM J-Air - yes JC JAL Express - yes JO Jalways - yes EG Japan Asia Airways - yes NU Japan Transocean Air - yes QF Jetconnect - yes JQ Jetstar - no (but allowed on some OW products) 3K Jetstar Asia - no XL Lan Argentina - yes 4M Lan Ecuador - yes LU Lan Express - yes LP Lan Peru - yes QF QantasLink - yes I suggest a different title, and a more complete list, along the wiki entry "Members and affiliate members" found here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oneworld |
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Originally Posted by Kiwi Flyer
(Post 9410595)
NTH Hokkaido Air System - no
JAC Japan Air Commuter - no RAC Ryukyu Air Commuter - no |
I suggest adding Mexicana (MX) and Clickair (XG) to the respective lists as future members, perhaps with (2009) next to them.
And maybe their websites: http://www.mexicana.com http://www.clickair.com And possibly their FT forum: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=472 |
I've added some more popular links to the OP.
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Updated for WearyBizTrvlr's latest RTW price file.
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