Updated RTW rules on request
Star Alliance Round the World fare for sale on/after 01OCT01.
Star Alliance Round the World fare application:
These fares apply for First/Business/Economy class service.
Types of transportation
Fares governed by this rule can be used to create Round-the World journeys. These fares apply for Round the World travel to/ from the countries served by the participating carriers in this rule.
Travel must commence from and return to the same country.
Canada and United States are considered as one country.
Scandinavia is considered as one country.
Africa/Asia/Europe/North America/South America/South West Pacific is considered six different continents. For the purpose of this rule Middle East is considered Africa.
Itinerary may reflect travel greater than Round the World provided it is not via the point of origin and still terminates in the country of origin.
No more than 28 sectors permitted in an entire journey.
Intercontinental travel shall be defined as travel from one continent to another.
Travel between points in Central America and points in South America/North America/Mexico shall not be considered intercontinental travel.
Fares only apply if purchased before departure.
The entire journey is subject to the following maximum mileage per fare:
Maximum miles
Type of fare
29.000
RWSTAR1
34.000
RWSTAR2
39.000
RWSTAR3
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Capacity/
limitations AC/BD/LH/MX/NH/NZ/OS/RG/SK/SQ/TG/UA shall limit the number of passengers carried on any given flight at fares governed by this rule and such fares will not necessarily be available on all flights. The number of seats that each carrier shall make available on any given flight will be determined by the carrier best judgement.
On sectors where First/Business class is not offered available at the time of booking passengers will be accommodated in the next lower class. No refund will apply.
Exception: On sectors within/between USA/Canada where Business class is not offered passengers will be accommodated in First class subject to availability of seats at the time of booking. In the event First class seats are not offered/available no refund will apply.
Other conditions:
Passengers expenses shall not be absorbed by the carriers.
Baggage:
Piece concept shall apply for the entire journey.
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FL.
Flight application Fares apply on any AC/BD/LH/MX/NH/NZ/OS/RG/SK/SQ/TG/UA flight.
Exception:
Fares do not apply on
AC flights: 1685-1808/1890-1998/3701-3759/8021-8028/8201-8217/8221-8228/8231-8240/8951-8963/9000-9009/9020-9025/9800-9801/9820-9823.
LH flights: 2000-2344/2450-2479/2932-2971/6346-6369/6804-6853/9160-9177/9330-9333/9400-9449/9850-9861/9970-9999.
MX flights: 1000-1499/1502-1689/1692-1999/4000-4999/7000-7999/8000-8999.
NH flights: 5155-5156/5159-5160/6951-6954.
OS flights: 7000-8554/8557-9999
RG flights: 7200-7203/7292-7293/7380-7384/7386-7388/7390-7391.
SK flights: 291-294/3100-3149/6000-6199/6200-6349/6700-6999/8000-8299/8329-8350/9500-9639.
SQ flights: 1000-1016/1053-1999/3000-5999/7000-7999/9000-9999
TG flights: 4500-4503/4700-4703/4786-4795/7100-7101/7500-7501
UA flights: 3494-3499/4000-4149/4200-4302/4500-4519/4545-4599/4980-4999/6300-6799/8300-8789/9475-9524/9600-9629
Travel must include one transatlantic (between area 1 and area 2) crossing and only one transpacific (between area 1 and area 3) crossing.
Not more than one crossing may be permitted between Area 2 and Area 3 in an entire journey.
Travel on UA991/UA992 constitutes a Pacific crossing.
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AP.
Advance reservation/
ticketing For travel originating worldwide except in Canada/Mexico/USA/Europe
- Reservations and ticket issuance must be made at any time prior to departure for sectors up to including the first international sector. Other sectors may be booked at any time.
For travel originating in Canada/Mexico/USA
-Reservations and ticket issuance must be made at least 7 days prior to departure for sectors up to and including the first international sector. Other sectors may be booked at any time.
For travel originating in Europe:
-Reservations and ticket issuance must be made at any time prior to departure for sectors up to and including the first intercontinental sector. Other sectors may be booked at any time.
For booking class: see CRS
Fare must be shown on ticket.
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MN.
Minimum stay Travel on the last international sector must commence no earlier than 10 days after commencement of the first international sector.
Exception: For travel originating in Europe - travel on the last intercontinental sector must commence no earlier than 10 days after commencement of the first intercontinental sector.
No minimum stay require for passengers originating in South America or South West Pacific.
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MX.
Maximum stay Return travel from last international stopover must commence no later than 12 months after departure.
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SO.
Stopovers Minimum 3 stopovers required and maximum 15 stops permitted.
No more than 28 sectors permitted in an entire journey.
Application of stopovers:
Not more than 5 stopovers permitted within continental USA/Canada.
Exception:
For travel origination in USA/Canada - not more than 3 stopovers permitted within continental USA/Canada and not more than 4 stopovers permitted for continental USA/Canada combined.
Not more than 3 stopovers permitted within Japan.
For travel originating in Europe.-
Not more than 5 stopovers permitted within Europe and not more than three permitted in any one country in Europe.
For travel originating in New Zealand -
Stopovers permitted at New Zealand international gateways only.
Maximum of one stopover permitted in any one city.
The following points/airports shall be considered one city:
· NYC/JFK/LGA/EWR
· BWI/WAS/IAD/DCA
· LAX/ONT/SNA/BUR
· SFO/OAK/SJC
· OSA/KIX/ITM/NGO
· FLL/MIA/PBI
· CPH/MMA
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TF.
Transfers Not more than one international departure and not more than one international arrival is permitted in the country of origin except that not more than two international departures and not more than two international arrivals are permitted in USA/Canada when USA/Canada is country of origin. For the purpose of this rule Canada/USA and Denmark/Norway/Sweden are considered separate countries.
Exception: Not applicable for travel originating in Thailand.
For travel originating in Europe except Scandinavia only two transfers outbound and two transfers inbound permitted within any one country in Europe.
For travel originating in Scandinavia only three transfers outbound and three transfers inbound permitted within any one country in Scandinavia.
For travel originating in Japan -
only one transfer outbound and one transfer inbound permitted within Japan to/from the international gateway.
For travel originating in New Zealand -
Only one transfer outbound and one transfer inbound permitted in New Zealand.
For travel originating in Canada -
Only three transfers outbound and three transfers inbound permitted within Canada.
For travel originating in USA -
Only three transfers outbound and three transfers inbound permitted within USA.
Surface sectors
Intermediate surface sectors permitted at passenger's expense.
Mileage for surface sectors must be included in the maximum permitted mileage calculation.
The last point of arrival and the first point of departure together count as one stopover.
If a surface sector attracts more than one TPM the lower applies.
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CO.
Combinations End-on end not permitted.
Add-ons not permitted.
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SU.
Surcharges · SK Business Sleeper surcharge:
SK Business Sleeper is available for passengers paying Business class RTW fares at a surcharges of USD 600 per SK intercontinental sector operated in 767 aircraft.
Exception: the surcharge is JPY 70000 when sold in Japan.
The surcharge must be reflected as a Q-surcharge after the applicable sector.
No surcharge applies for passengers paying First class RTW fares.
Children pay the full Business Sleeper surcharge
SK Business Sleeper is booked in A-class.
· SQ Business Plus surcharge
SQ Business Plus is available on SIN-CPH v.v. Sectors – flight SQ297 and SQ 298 for passengers paying Business class RTW fares at a surcharge of USD 200 per sector.
The surcharge must be reflected as a Q-charge after the SHC-CPH v.v. sector or SIN-CHC v.v sector.
No surcharge applies for passengers paying First class RTW fares.
Children and infants pay the full Business Plus surcharge.
SQ Business Plus is booked in Z-class.
· AC Insurance surcharge -
A surcharge of CAD 3.00 or USD 2.00 for each AC sector will be added to the applicable fare per adult/child for the travel.
Note: charges apply for insurance surcharge. Surcharges apply to infants. The surcharge must be reflected as a Q-surcharge after the applicable sector.
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SR.
Sales restrictions Permitted ticket stock of: AC/BD/LH/MX/NH/NZ/OS/RG/SK/SQ/TG/UA only.
Fare basis codes shall apply as follows:
First
Business
Economy
FRWSTAR1
CRWSTAR1
YRWSTAR1
FRWSTAR2
CRWSTAR2
YRWSTAR2
FRWSTAR3
CRWSTAR3
YRWSTAR3
Fares for travel originating in a country for which a specified local currency fare is not shown will be the fare applicable from the USA converted to the currency of the country of origin at the bankers selling rate.
When travel originates in one country and the ticket is sold in another country the fare will be that applicable from the country of origin converted to the currency of the country of sale at the bankers selling rate. The resultant fare must not be lower than the lowest applicable Star Alliance RTW fare from the country of sale.
Exception: Not applicable for sales made and/or travel originating in Canada.
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PE.
Penalties Changes before departure:
For travel originating in Canada/Mexico/USA - before ticketing deadline - permitted.
After ticketing deadline:
No changes permitted on outbound sectors up to and including first international sector.
For all other sectors rebooking/revalidation permitted at no charge.
Rerouting/reissue permitted at a charge of USD 75 (child/infant USD 75) per reissue.
For travel originating in Southwest Pacific
- No changes permitted on outbound sectors up to and including first international sector.
- For all other sectors rebooking/revalidation permitted at no charge.
- Rerouting/reissue permitted at a charge of USD 75 /CHILD/INFANT usd75) per reissue.
For travel originating worldwide except in Canada/Mexico/USA /Southwest Pacific – permitted.
After departure:
For travel originating worldwide except Europe -
No changes permitted on remaining outbound sectors up to and including first international sector.
For all other sectors rebooking/validation permitted at no charge.
Rerouting/reissue permitted at a charge of USD 75 (child/infant USD 75) per reissue.
Exception:
In the event of death of the passenger as evidenced by a certificate, members of the passenger's immediate family or accompanying passengers may reroute the remainder of the journey without charge.
For travel originating in Europe:
No changes permitted on remaining outbound sectors up to and including first intercontinental sector.
For all other sectors rebooking/revalidation permitted at no charge.
Rebooking/reissue permitted at a charge of USD 75 (child/infant USD 75) per reissue.
Exception:
In the event of death of the passenger as evidenced by a certificate, members of the passenger's immediate family or accompanying passengers may reroute the remainder of the journey without charge.
· Rerouting guidelines
TPM´s must be recalculated for the new routing from the point of origin.
If new routing results in miles greater than original Maximum permitted miles – ticket may be upgraded to a higher Star alliance RTW fare upon payment of the difference in fare recalculated from the point of origin plus a rerouting/reissue charge of USD75 (child/infant Usd 75) per reissue.
If a new routing results in fewer miles than original maximum permitted miles- the original fare still applies plus a rerouting/reissue charge of USD 75(child/infant USD 75) per reissue. No refund will apply.
Exception:
In the event of death of the passenger as evidenced by a certificate, members of the passenger's immediate family or accompanying passengers may reroute the remainder of the journey without charge.
If new routing is no longer Round the World travel – collect the difference if any between the fare paid and the applicable fare for the new journey calculated from the point of origin plus a rerouting/reissue charge of USD 75 (child/infant USD 75) per reissue. No refund applies if the recalculated fare for the new journey is lower than the Round the World Star Alliance fare paid.
For upgrading see credit toward further transaction.
· Revalidation/reissue guidelines involving SK Business sleeper:
If SK Business Sleeper not used due to rerouting – refund SK Business sleeper surcharge of USD 600 less a rerouting/reissue charge of USD 75 (child/infant USD 75)
Cancellations before departure.
For travel originating in Canada/Mexico/USA - before ticketing deadline – full refund.
After ticketing deadline –
Charge 10 percent of the fare paid for cancel /no-show/refund. Waived for death of passenger, family member or accompanying passengers.
The non-refundable amount may be used as a credit towards payment of an equivalent or higher applicable fare. The original non-refundable amount remains non-refundable.
For travel originating worldwide except in Canada/Mexico/USA – no penalties applies.
After departure - applicable to all countries:
Refund if any will be the difference between the fare paid and the applicable fare for the journey travelled.
No refund applies when downgrading from a higher RWSTAR fare to a lower RWSTAR fare.
Credit towards further transaction:
Ticket may be upgraded to a higher RWSTAR fare upon payment of the difference in fare, recalculated from the point of origin plus a rerouting/reissue charge of USD 75 (child/infant USD 75)
HIP/Mileage exceptions
Higher intermediate pointes rule does not apply.
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TE.
Ticket endorsement The original and the reissued ticket must be annotated –
VLD AC/BD/LH/MX/NH/NZ/OS/RG/SK/SQ/TG/UA. ONLY/NONREF – in the endorsement box.
Endorsement is not required between AC/BD/LH/MX/NH/NZ/OS/RG/SK/SQ/TG/UA
Tickets must show by the use of an insert or sticker that travel is at a special fare and subject to special conditions.
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CD.
Children discount Accompanied child 2-11 and infant(s) under 2 occupying a seat:
Charge 75 percent of the fare
Exception:
For travel originating in Japan charge 67 percent of the fare
First infant under 2 without a seat:
Charge 10 percent of the adult fare.
If infants turns 2 during the journey applicable child fare must be applied.
Exception:
Not applicable for sales made in Thailand/Japan.
Unaccompanied child 2-11 not accepted.
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TC.
Tour conductor discounts Tour conductor discounts not permitted
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AD.
Agent's discounts Agent discounts not permitted.