Star African Airpass by South African
Mar 30, 2006, 2:16 am
#1
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Join Date: Oct 1999
Location: Sydney NSW Australia
Posts: 2,337
Star African Airpass by South African
Eff for sales from 10APR06.
A weird little pass - seen better, seen worse.
Nutshell rules of the major bits as follows.
Valid in conjunction with any Return, Circle or Open Jaw fare/ticket (so not valid in conjunction with RTW) on any Star Partner ticket stock, when using Star Partner intercontinental flights to and from Africa.
Valid only to passengers who reside outside Africa and have purchased the pass prior to arrival in Africa.
Valid on the services of South African Airways within South Africa and between South Africa and IATA Africa (African continent plus Indian Ocean islands - SAL Islands not permitted).
Valid on any SA flight -
EXCEPTION: - SA1000-1999, 7000–7165; 7168-7169; 7172-7799; 8000-8999 flights not permitted.
COUPONS - Min 4, Max 10. Min mileage is 750, max mileage is unlimited up to the 10 maximum coupons limit.
COST - USD0.15 per mile. Surface segments permitted, however all surface segments mileage is charged. Total cost of Airpass is the total mileage flown, including mileage for any surface segments multiplied by the 0.15 cents per mile. (Children's level is 0.11 cents per mile).
CLASS - Book V
STOPOVERS - 3 minimum. Not more than one city stopover permitted per pass with the exception of JNB.
MIN STAY is 3 days between first and last coupons and MAX STAY is 2 months.
Bactracking permitted, however travel will not be permitted more than once in the same direction over any segment.
Only 1 departure and 1 arrival at origin city - exception JNB. You may not travel beyond origin city except when city of origin is JNB.
TICKET must be issued within 48 hours of booking & before arrival in Africa.
CANCELLATIONS @ 25% of fare paid before travel commences. Not refundable after travel commences.
CHANGES not requiring reissue permitted to all segments apart from first segment at any time free of charge. No changes to first segment permitted.
REISSUES permitted with the first one FOC, but a charge of USD50.00 made for second and all subsequent reissues. Any reissue resulting in higher mileage will require payment of extra mileage at USD0.15 per mile.
A weird little pass - seen better, seen worse.
Nutshell rules of the major bits as follows.
Valid in conjunction with any Return, Circle or Open Jaw fare/ticket (so not valid in conjunction with RTW) on any Star Partner ticket stock, when using Star Partner intercontinental flights to and from Africa.
Valid only to passengers who reside outside Africa and have purchased the pass prior to arrival in Africa.
Valid on the services of South African Airways within South Africa and between South Africa and IATA Africa (African continent plus Indian Ocean islands - SAL Islands not permitted).
Valid on any SA flight -
EXCEPTION: - SA1000-1999, 7000–7165; 7168-7169; 7172-7799; 8000-8999 flights not permitted.
COUPONS - Min 4, Max 10. Min mileage is 750, max mileage is unlimited up to the 10 maximum coupons limit.
COST - USD0.15 per mile. Surface segments permitted, however all surface segments mileage is charged. Total cost of Airpass is the total mileage flown, including mileage for any surface segments multiplied by the 0.15 cents per mile. (Children's level is 0.11 cents per mile).
CLASS - Book V
STOPOVERS - 3 minimum. Not more than one city stopover permitted per pass with the exception of JNB.
MIN STAY is 3 days between first and last coupons and MAX STAY is 2 months.
Bactracking permitted, however travel will not be permitted more than once in the same direction over any segment.
Only 1 departure and 1 arrival at origin city - exception JNB. You may not travel beyond origin city except when city of origin is JNB.
TICKET must be issued within 48 hours of booking & before arrival in Africa.
CANCELLATIONS @ 25% of fare paid before travel commences. Not refundable after travel commences.
CHANGES not requiring reissue permitted to all segments apart from first segment at any time free of charge. No changes to first segment permitted.
REISSUES permitted with the first one FOC, but a charge of USD50.00 made for second and all subsequent reissues. Any reissue resulting in higher mileage will require payment of extra mileage at USD0.15 per mile.
Jul 8, 2006, 11:24 pm
#2
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: WAS/TYO
Programs: UA 1K, AA EXP (3MM), DL PM, BONVOY TITANIUM, HYATT GLOBALIST, HILTON DIAMOND, IHG DIAMOND AMB, et al
Posts: 5,913
To qualify for the African Airpass does you need to have a paid *A Intercontinental ticket into Africa or will a *A award booking suffice? The rules appear to only require a *A flight with no mention of whether it must be a paid ticket or not.
Thanks,
FlyerBeek
Thanks,
FlyerBeek
Jul 9, 2006, 1:14 am
#3
Original Poster
Join Date: Oct 1999
Location: Sydney NSW Australia
Posts: 2,337
Unfortunately not valid with a reward ricket. Passenger must purchase a return ticket as per application paragraph of rules -
"- FARES ONLY AVAILABLE TO PAX RESIDING OUTSIDE
AFRICA AND WHO HAVE PURCHASED AN
INTERCONTINENTAL RETURN TICKET ON ANY STAR
ALLIANCE PARTNER PRIOR TO ARRIVAL IN SOUTH
AFRICA."
To further clarify, there is a NOTE at the bottom of the paragraph that reads -
"NOTE:
- THE AIRPASS IS NOT TO BE SOLD IN CONJUCTION
WITH BONUS PROGRAMM TICKETS/OTHER AWARD/ID/AD
OR FREE TICKETS."
"- FARES ONLY AVAILABLE TO PAX RESIDING OUTSIDE
AFRICA AND WHO HAVE PURCHASED AN
INTERCONTINENTAL RETURN TICKET ON ANY STAR
ALLIANCE PARTNER PRIOR TO ARRIVAL IN SOUTH
AFRICA."
To further clarify, there is a NOTE at the bottom of the paragraph that reads -
"NOTE:
- THE AIRPASS IS NOT TO BE SOLD IN CONJUCTION
WITH BONUS PROGRAMM TICKETS/OTHER AWARD/ID/AD
OR FREE TICKETS."