Originally Posted by
Travel4Love
I may be alone in this, but at times I really have trouble understanding the fare rules lingo. Not being a native English speaker may be the main problem, but what exactly does " END-ON-END COMBINATIONS PERMITTED WITH DOMESTIC FARES FROM/TO NORTH AMERICA" mean. Does it just mean any fares within North America? But if that is the case, why use this complicated language? Can anyone explain, please?
That's basically what it means. End-on-end is when two different fares are combined to produce a full itinerary. For example, you could combine the CPH-JFK-CPH fare with a JFK-MIA-JFK fare to create a CPH-JFK-MIA-JFK-CPH ticket. It's a a travel industry term and even most native English speakers would have difficulty fully interpreting that meaning.
The BA fare seems to have no restrictions on the carriers that you can use for the end-on-end construction provided that an interline ticketing agreement exists (i.e. you can use UA or DL); however, most of the cheap domestic fares out there are restricted to carriers within the same alliance or joint venture partnerships so in practice you'd probably need to combine this with AA domestic fares if you want to achieve a reasonable price.