Originally Posted by
ajnaro
If I understand correctly there's no need for this discussion anymore. Any oneworld product, in any currency, starting anywhere in the world can now be purchased from any oneworld carrier anywhere. The fare will simply be converted to the issuing location's currency and charged to any international credit card. It's as if the whole world became one big 'Canadian exception'. The restriction that the first segment segment carrier must issue the ticket (or vice versa) also seems to have disappeared. At least that seems to be the situation at the moment.
I pulled up an old copy of the OWE rules (from late 2012 I believe) and it said this:
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.
The current rule sheet says this:
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.
So yes, the "higher price" restriction has been removed.
The first-carrier-issuing-the-ticket "rule" has only applied to tickets bought using the online tool; it was never a rule enforced by the airlines when the ticket was booked manually.