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Old Apr 23, 2002 | 12:18 am
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Andrew Yiu
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by YYCOllie:
[B]#1. I -think- an openjaw is where I book ONE ticket that is YYC -&gt; YYZ and YYZ -&gt; YYC, and where I book ANOTHER ticket that's YYZ -&gt; LHR and LHR -&gt; YYZ ... Right?</font>
No. What your described is end-to-end ticket which means you are using 2 tickets to get to your final destination. Open jaw means that you fly into one city and out of another, provided that the distance between those two cities is shorter than the distance from the origin to the destination and v.v.

<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">#2. starpr.com says that the 55,555 bonus is for ANY Star Alliance mileage program. So, even though I'm flying BMI or Varig, I can still get errorplan points?</font>
Yes, provided that the fare that you're flying on is eligible for Q miles. I think you meant "Aeroplan points" or did you put "errorplan" on purpose?

<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">#3. I'm looking to do this from YYC...

...That routing is looking expensive any way that I calculate it. Any other ideas?!</font>
It'll probably be cheaper if you go to LHR instead but you don't get the double miles.

<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">#4. Do I have to book at a minimum fare class [I was reading H somewhere], or can I book at L, Q, or even Z?!</font>
No fare restriction as long as it usually earns Aeroplan miles. So the lowest you can book is N class. [Z is no good because it earns 0 miles]


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