Originally Posted by
Calchas
I would not call this an "advance purchase rule" because it is not a rule requiring any advance purchase for the fare to be valid. At any time that fare could be used to establish a valid price quote for a given itinerary with or without confirmed reservations on the sectors.
It simply says that if reservations are made and quoted under the fare, in advance, then a ticketing time limit will apply. Surely?
I did try to have a look for an official definition of "advance purchase", but the IATA Ticketing Handbook is silent on the defintion.
A ticketing time limit is simply how long an airline will allow a seat to be held before it will drop the reservation. this is regardless of what other AP rules are in place
e.g. booking an award on MH from AA, MH allowed a ticketing time limit of 3 days even though AA would allow the hold for 5 days. If at 3 days it was not ticketed, then MH could drop the reservation
An advance purchase condition determines that the ticket must be purchased at a certain time in advance of the flight
A requirement that it be ticketed at least 25 days in advance or at least 3 days from making the reservation is an advance purchase requirement.
If making the reservation 100 days in advance, if one or more of carriers returns a TTL to the reserving carrier , that will apply regardless of the AP rule of 25 days
It is a requirement to purchase the ticket at least 25 days in advance of departure where the reservation is made 29 days or more in advance of departure
Even the closest in requirement has a requirement that it be purchased at least 1 hour before departure
Originally Posted by
headinclouds
According to earlier versions of the OWE rules (which I have saved but not updated), the above rules only applied to economy class fares. Are the premium classes now subject to these rules as well?
Looking at the fare rules on EF, yes it applies to business and 1st class fares too