I have just gotten off the phone with American Airlines Fares and Tariff Desk regarding the issue of returning to the same continent of origin on the abovementioned RTW Oneworld fares. Please note : YOU MUST ONLY RETURN TO THE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN. You cannot OPENJAW and STOP ELSEWHERE even if it is ON THE SAME CONTINENT of travel.

Darren - if you have already issued your above ticket, then you may have gotten a one-off agent who misinterpreted "Gee, if it does not mention here that you have to return to the original country, then I guess you can go somewhere else". I spoke to a few agents who had this theory. But the whole reservation had to be referred to the International Tariff Dept who has the final say when the tickets are issued. The tariff agent I spoke to referred to a few of his co-workers in that department and came back to the same conclusion. That it is not permitted to TERMINATE your travel other than the country of origin. You may STOPOVER one more time in addition to the one stopover that you had already done when you started the trip, and this can be anywhere on the continent. Meaning, it can be LON, TLV or anywhere else in between.

Other travellers please bear this in mind that this is generally not the rule. Darren, if you have not issued your ticket, then be forewarned that everything is not set in stone until your ticket is issued!

[This message has been edited by Guy Betsy (edited 09-30-2000).]