Sky.is.the.limit thanks for joining us here. However I have a few issues with your answer, I hope you don't mind if I bring them out.
Originally Posted by
Sky.is.the.limit
Hi holypiston
Your stopover allowance is correct for both options, the problem comes from elsewhere. There is a couple of issues with your itineraries,
Re the routing, you have to finish your trip in EG, not in JO.
I don't understand why that would be the case.
Both the oneworld explorer and the oneworld global explorer permit the final destination to be in another country.
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D/TRAVEL MAY ORIGINATE AT ANY POINT FOR WHICH
FARES ARE PUBLISHED AND MUST TERMINATE AT THE
SAME POINT EXCEPT THAT ORIGIN- DESTINATION
SURFACE SEGMENTS ARE PERMITTED AS FOLLOW -
A - WITHIN COUNTRY OF ORIGIN
B - WITHIN THE MIDDLE EAST
C - BETWEEN USA AND CANADA
D - BETWEEN HKG AND CHINA
E - BETWEEN MALAYSIA AND SIN
F - WITHIN AFRICA
G - BETWEEN MALDIVES AND SRI LANKA/INDIA
[Note that Egypt is specifically considered to be in the Middle East by an earlier provision.] Is there another provision that enforces a same-country destination in this specific case?
Then we have a second issue, this one is more complicated to get around. It comes from the PPT-AKL sector, operated by TN. Your ticket will be issued on QR but QR don’t have ticketing agreements with TN, which prevents you from booking these trips. So you can either keep your itinerary as is and book that leg separately (it’s quite expensive) or change your plating carrier but that will involve also changing your itinerary.
I agree that QR does not have an interline agreement with TN. But why does the itinerary matter to the plating carrier? Every oneworld carrier can issue a oneworld explorer ticket, although QR is not very good at it.
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TICKETS MUST BE ISSUED ON THE STOCK OF
AA/AB/AS/AY/BA/CX/EI/FJ/IB/IG/JJ/JL/KA/LA/LP/MH
/QF/QR/RJ/S7/UL/XL/4M
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SELECT A VALIDATING CARRIER WHICH HAS TICKETING
AGREEMENT WITH ALL AIRLINES IN THE ITINERARY.
WHERE INDIVIDUAL AIRLINES DO NOT HAVE A TICKETING
AGREEMENT E-TICKET ISSUE WILL BE SUPPRESSED.
That's from the GLOB fare, the ONE fare doesn't spell it out explicitly, but there's really no reason ever to use QR as a ticketing carrier. BA, AA, JL and CX will be happy to ticket this if you use one of their flights. AA will demand an intercontinental AA sector.