<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by RichardMEL:
I hadn't seen this angle covered in here before so thought I'd post it. I'm sure the folks on the oneworld forum are all over that one (I don't visit there) and maybe it's quite new, and maybe it's only on fares ex-Australia, but somehow I doubt that.</font>
It received extensive coverage on the oneworld forum -
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/Forum83/HTML/001480.html
It is new and is very unfair and applies worldwide.