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Old Apr 19, 2019 | 8:47 pm
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Originally Posted by TPJ
Ha ha

After quick consultation with my Corpo Travel Agency:

You are right - it is calculated as an an Open Jaw - 1/2 of GVA-MOW RT and 1/2 of MOW-HEL RT.

IATA fare calculation rules will never stop surprising me.
OK, I have found out that I didn't read the rule carefully enough so I understand now - the open segment must be shorter than the longest flown fare component (instead of all flown segments as in the commonly used definition) - GVA-HEL is shorter than GVA-SVO so it is still a valid round-trip.
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