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Aug 5, 2016 | 9:45 am

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Quote:

Originally Posted by pandaperth

So the new fare rules have been published on the Oneworld web site
But AA has obviously decided it is right and Oneworld is wrong

This is what AA's new fare rule looks like in ExpertFlyer (apologies for the crappy formatting and for SHOUTING)

My emphasis
Note this is new wording - previously paragraph 4(h) referred to "3.1.3 and 3.2.3" not "FL.E.3.A and E.3.B"
So it looks like AA will still refuse Europe-Middle East flights on backtracking itineraries
The Qantas fare rules do not have the red text in paragraph 4(h)

Ugh!

I checked Amadeus to see how QF and AA had it filed and of course QF doesn't have the para 4(h) line, as we knew. I also compared paras 3(a)(b) for differences and, well, spot the difference:

QF filed:

Code:

            3. TWO PERMITTED IN EUROPE/MIDDLE EAST
            A. FOR TRAVEL ORIGINATING IN AFRICA
            //AFRICA-EUROPE/MIDDLE EAST-RTW-EUROPE/MIDDLE
              EAST-AFRICA//
            - ONE OF THE VISITS TO EUROPE/MIDDLE EAST MUST
            BE A TRANSFER WITHOUT STOPOVER BETWEEN AFRICA
            AND THE PREVIOUS/NEXT CONTINENT
            - IF TRAVEL TO/FROM EUROPE IN BOTH DIRECTIONS
             THE ITINERARY MAY NOT INCLUDE MAURITIUS/SOUTH
             AFRICA.
            B. FOR TRAVEL ORIGINATING OTHER THAN AFRICA
            //EUROPE/MIDDLE EAST-AFRICA-EUROPE/MIDDLE EAST//
            - ONE OF THE VISITS TO EUROPE/MIDDLE EAST MUST
             BE A TRANSFER WITHOUT STOPOVER BETWEEN AFRICA
             AND THE PREVIOUS/NEXT CONTINENT
            - IF TRAVEL TO/FROM EUROPE IN BOTH DIRECTIONS
             THE ITINERARY MAY NOT INCLUDE MAURITIUS/SOUTH
             AFRICA.

AA filed:

Code:

3. TWO PERMITTED IN EUROPE/MIDDLE EAST
A. FOR TRAVEL ORIGINATING IN AFRICA
//AFRICA-EUROPE/MIDDLE EAST-RTW-EUROPE/MIDDLE
EAST-AFRICA//
- ONE OF THE VISITS TO EUROPE/MIDDLE EAST MUST
BE A TRANSFER WITHOUT STOPOVER BETWEEN AFRICA
AND THE PREVIOUS/NEXT CONTINENT.
B. FOR TRAVEL ORIGINATING OTHER THAN AFRICA
//EUROPE/MIDDLE EAST-AFRICA-EUROPE/MIDDLE EAST//
- IF TRAVEL TO/FROM EUROPE IN BOTH DIRECTIONS
THE ITINERARY MAY NOT INCLUDE MAURITIUS/SOUTH
AFRICA.

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