OZ = Asiana Airlines (South Korean), currently part of Star Alliance. Currently going through a merger with Korean Air (Skyteam)
Do you think this a deal ? AUD 5.5k round trip Business Class to USA ? ex-Australia can usually be a bit higher in price.
The stopover is free.
OZ also flies to other US cities such as NYC, SEA, just not for AUD5.5k, just a couple hundred extra for those other US cities.
This is a very old fare, the fare rules is from 2017/2018 but still ongoing. The fare rules are pretty flexible, wondering if anyone can construct a better deal. make this deal better without significantly increasing the fare? This is the only fare I seen recently which permits for end-to-end, permits side-trips, permits open jaws, permits circle trips etc...
Some extraction of the Fare Rules Asiana (OZ) UAOU14 SYD to SFO
General notes
BUSINESS CLASS ADVANCE PURCHASE FARES U
APPLIES FOR ROUND TRIP FARESCategory 4: Flight restrictions
IF THE FARE COMPONENT INCLUDES TRAVEL BETWEEN AUSTRALIA
AND THE UNITED STATES
THEN THAT TRAVEL MUST BE ON
ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING
ANY OZ FLIGHT OPERATED BY OZ.
AND
IF THE FARE COMPONENT INCLUDES TRAVEL WITHIN THE UNITED
STATES
THEN THAT TRAVEL MUST NOT BE ON
ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING
OZ FLIGHTS 6000 THROUGH 6293
OZ FLIGHTS 6300 THROUGH 6327
OZ FLIGHTS 6338 THROUGH 6351
OZ FLIGHTS 6368 THROUGH 7000
OZ FLIGHTS 9000 THROUGH 9999.Category 7: Maximum stay requirements
TRAVEL FROM LAST STOPOVER MUST COMMENCE NO LATER THAN 12
MONTHS AFTER DEPARTURE FROM FARE ORIGIN.Category 8: Stopover restrictions
2 STOPOVERS PERMITTED IN EACH DIRECTION.Category 9: Transfer restrictions
UNLIMITED TRANSFERS PERMITTED ON THE PRICING UNIT
FARE BREAK AND EMBEDDED SURFACE SECTORS NOT PERMITTED ON
THE FARE COMPONENT.Category 10: Combinability
Category 10: Combinability
END-ON-END PERMITTED. SIDE TRIPS PERMITTED. VALIDATE ALL
FARE COMPONENTS. TRAVEL MUST BE VIA POINT OF COMBINATION.
APPLICABLE ADD-ON CONSTRUCTION IS ADDRESSED IN
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS - CATEGORY 23.
OPEN JAWS/ROUND TRIPS/CIRCLE TRIPS
FARES MAY BE COMBINED ON A HALF ROUND TRIP BASIS
-TO FORM SINGLE OR DOUBLE OPEN JAWS WHICH CONSISTS OF NO
MORE THAN 2 INTERNATIONAL FARE COMPONENTS AND THE OPEN
SEGMENT AT ORIGIN MUST BE IN ONE COUNTRY. THE OPEN
SEGMENT AT DESTINATION HAS NO RESTRICTIONS/ROUND TRIPS
/CIRCLE TRIPS.
PROVIDED -
COMBINATIONS ARE WITH ANY FARE FOR CARRIER OZ IN RULE
ON20/ON30/ON50/OU20/OU30/OU50/5000 IN TARIFF
IPRP - BETWEEN THE USA/CANADA-AREA 2/3 VIA PACIFIC.
TICKETS MUST BE ISSUED ON/AFTER 02APR 18.