Originally Posted by
pandaperth
IF the airline flying a segment has discontinued flying it and if there is no other OW airline that flies it THEN you will 'be protected' and if that means you end up flying more than 16 segments that is OK (my LONE4 in 08/09 ended up at 17 segments because of the same issue). I suggest you contact either the carrier that issued your ticket, or the carrier of the problem segment to discuss it.
That's happened to me twice.
In 08, had NRT-MEL on QF booked. A few months after ticketing, QF canned the MEL flight and I was rerouted via SYD for a 17 sector trip.
In 09, had a single flight number (eg, one sector) DEN-(ORD)-BOS booked. AA canned it and was rebooked onto DEN-DFW-BOS for a 17th sector.
If it is an involuntary change, the airline can ignore whatever of their rules they want to get you to your ticketed destination.
Oh, I thought because of Oneworld Explorer Fares (RWR2 RULE 3015), I had a chance to get something back:
"16 b 3) For partially used transportation the refund if any will be the difference between the fare paid and the fare for the transportation used less the fee specified in (1) (which is 10% for Economy) above."
Nope. xONEx fares are discounted special prices because of the type of ticket (round the world). My last DONE3 cost me about $8900. If I booked the same flights separately and not as part of a RTW ticket, it would have cost more then $30,000. If you cancel part way through, they will refare the part of the ticket used as separate flights (eg, change it from AAA-AAA and reprice it as AAA-CCC) and in almost every case, that will end up as more then what was paid for the RTW ticket.