Originally Posted by
danger
I didn't think it was but QF just quoted me exactly that - DONE4 (oneworld Explorer four continents in Business) and DONEWC4 (oneworld Circle Trip Explorer four continents in Business) as identical in price.
What, then, is the go with the
USD4167 ex-Manila on the excellent tool constructed by the AFF member whose name escapes me?
When I spoke with QF I was asking for the fares for the DONE4 and DONEWC4 ex-Manila. Is it possible the DONEWC4 ex-Manila fare is actually USD4167 (base) and that QF just quoted me the ex-Australia price?
In the fare rules of both these tickets (the xONEn and the xONEWCn) there is a clause regarding the fares to be charged, namely:
When travel originates in a country for which a specific local currency fares is published and the ticket is sold in another country, the fare will be that published for the country of origin converted to the currency of the country of sale at the bank selling rate. The resultant fare must not be lower than from the country of sale.
(my
bolding)
So if you ask Qantas, in Australia to quote you a fare ex-The Piliipines, you will be quoted the higher of the two fares (the Phillipines and the Australian fares). And the higher in both cases is the Australian fare.
For the DONE4 you can use the on-line tool to book and get the ex-Phillipines price
But there is no on-line tool for the DONEWC4 - so to get the ex-Phillipines price, you have to purchase though an agent there