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Aug 4, 2016 | 8:56 am

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Originally Posted by pandaperth

I have an expectation (or maybe it is just a hope) that a new version of the rule sheet will be published in September.
Why? Because JJ commences GRU-JNB services, thus making possible 3-continent itineraries that start in the southern hemisphere continents (for example SYD-SCL-GRU-JNB-SYD).

So I expect the following words to be removed from Rule 0 (zero):

* 3 Continent Fare is only offered for travel originating in Asia, Europe/Middle East and North America

(and I further expect 3-continent fares to be published for countries in the southern hemisphere continents).

I too expect we'll see Southern Hemisphere *ONE3s - what do we think might happen the Africa backtracking rules now that there would be a S. Atlantic 'escape route' - would we see the removal of the extra Europe-Middle East arrival/departure - or the addition of an extra S. America arrival/departure? (when one is a transfer without stopover).

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Minor changes:

Renumber the clauses!

They are numbered 0, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 26
Would it be too hard to number them 1 to 17?

I can answer this one! These are industry standard ATPCo fare category numbers - when the fares are filed in ATPCo, each rule type goes into a certain paragraph, for example, penalties are always filed in 'paragraph 16' - across airlines and alliances. Fares without any penalty simply won't have a category 16, just like the *ONEx fares don't have a category 1 (which is always 'eligibility' - anyone can buy a *ONEx fare but for other fares you must be a Government employee, or a senior citizen, or... etc.,)

Have a look here to see all the category numbers - scroll down to category: http://www.atpco.net/glossary/c

In fact, in Sabre and Apollo, to display the penalties paragraph of a fare, the category numbers are used, so RD1*16 to display the penalties of the first fare from a fare display in Sabre and $V7/16 to display the fees for the 7th fare displayed in Apollo.

There, useless information - you're welcome!

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