Originally Posted by
pandaperth
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
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Tell you what.....I see you are in Perth and I did a quick check to see what the DONE4 (four continent business class) fare is out of Australia and it shows at AUD 10,499...This works out to about US7,200 + taxes...Call your local One World office (likely Qantas) and tell them you want to start an Around the World ticket in Perth but pay for it in U.S. dollar and in the U.S...They will quote you the US fare of $9,100 as the fare in the country of purchase (u.s. dollar card) is higher than the country of origin. If you do it in person, then it does not matter
These checks do not apply to sales from Canada or Europe