Originally Posted by Wasabi Tofu
I found good pointer to these fares.
See
http://www.rtwinfo.co.uk/ft/explorerlatest.pdf
This document describes newest rules.
If Circle Indian Fare and Circle Explorer are same,
Circle Indian Fare Rule in
http://www.hardlink.com/~markdu/OWFiles/
(eamus wrote above) is OLD and obsolete.
Under new rule, free flight segments within each continent are limited to 4.
Old rule did not have this restriction.
You can purchase additional flight segments within each continet except the continent of origin (same as One World Explorer Fare) under new rule.
Maximum of 20 segments is also applied under new rule.
Circle Indian Fare Rule in above link does not describe this 20 segment limit.
If you look closely at the rules here:
http://www.hardlink.com/~markdu/OWFiles/OneCirInd.html
You will see that the fare basis codes for the circle indian:
22N FARE BASIS
23N -----------
24N .
25N .
26N . AONEWCX DONEWCX MONEWCX MHONEWCX MLONEWCX
27N .
28N X EQUALS THE NUMBER OF CONTINENTS.
And the fare basis code for the circle explorer from the rtwinfo site are the same:
Fare basis codes
First AONEWC3/AONEWC4
Business DONEWC3/DONEWC4
Economy class MONEWC3/MHONEWC3/MLONEWC3
MONEWC4/MHONEWC4/MLONEWC4
Also the 20 segment limitation is in the markdu version of the rules here:
107N . * EFFECTIVE FOR SALES ON/AFTER 15APR03 A MAXIMUM
108N . OF 20 SECTORS PERMITTED.