Originally Posted by
thetravelguy
Explained as simply as possible....
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C) For the EU part of the exclusion, it is a moot point as the Around the World fare from all of the Euro denominated countries are now the same.....
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Not quite moot.
The exclusion applies to the European Union, not just the Euro-Zone countries. So it applies to say the UK, Sweden, Denmark.
So in your example, a purchaser in any EU country can ascertain which of the (25?) EU countries has the lowest fare and book a ticket originating in that country.
But the rule isn't restricted to tickets within the EU. For travel originating anywhere in the world, where the country of purchase is any one of the EU countries, the purchaser pays the country of origin price - e.g. Korean Won, converted into the currency of the country of purchase - e.g. euros, pounds, kroner.
The exclusion means no more having to find an agent in the country of origin to issue the ticket in order to get the country of origin fare