Originally Posted by
Kiwi Flyer
The last sentence above makes it clear that even though Switzerland is not part of ECAA, ticketing through UK (for example) can be done at the ex-Switzerland price even if lower than ex-UK price. If the ex-UK price is lower it does not apply for xONEx starting somewhere else that has a higher fare.
Fare at origin country applies, except in the following circumstances
a) fare at sale country is higher AND sale country is not Canada or member of ECAA
If sale country has lower fare than origin country, even for Canada or ECAA, you cannot use it to start somewhere else.
From my reading of the xONEx rules and my very recent experience, this is incorrect. The second paragraph should read
"Fare at origin country applies, except in the following circumstances
a) fare at sale country is higher AND sale
or origin country is not Canada or member of ECAA"
I recently booked a DONE4 ex-UK, paid in US$. The base fare was computed in pounds, converted into US$ at a decent-but-not-great exchange rate. After conversion, the base fare was approximately US$2400 less than the ex-US base fare.
(My original plan was to book the DONE4 ex-JNB, but the planning proved to tricky. Booking ex-UK in US$ was easy.)