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Aug 6, 2016 | 10:33 am

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pandaperth

Join Date: Mar 2008

Location: used to be PER, now it's nowhere/eveywhere

Programs: QFF NB, AA GLD

Posts: 3,684

I've been spending a bit of time in EF looking at what all the airlines have in their fare rules for this clause.

What I have found is:

All airlines that have updated their fare rules, have the same wording as QF - except for AA of course
the two airlines that have yet to update their rules (BA and MH) have the same wording as AA (!)
except for LA which hasn't updated its rules since last year

So, what I think has happened is:

When the rules were changed back on April 22nd, the rules that went into the GDS were a poor translation into GDS-speak of the wording in the oneworld.com pdf document (see table reproduced below)
None of us picked up on that (I rarely look at the GDS versions of the rules)
And AA merely omitted to change its wording in the way the other airlines did
I think the poor translation was to think that in column 2 of the table -the first sentence was in the first row and the second sentence in the second row, whereas it is clear to a reader that both sentences pertain to both rows

Wording of the rule in the pdf document on oneworld.com:

IMHO this wording is in turn a poor translation of the actual requirement, which I think is:

Quote:

3. Two permitted in Europe/Middle East when one is a transfer without stopover. Note only one flight segment permitted between the United Kingdom and South Africa/Mauritius

or maybe (if this was truly the intention)

3. Two permitted in Europe/Middle East when one is a transfer without stopover. Note only one flight segment permitted between Europe and South Africa/Mauritius

Quote:

Originally Posted by JAXBA

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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