Originally Posted by
hsmall
I have a question about open jaws ending an xONEx. it seems from the helpful exchange above that
That meant as I understand it that the trip began in Cairo and ended in DOH. I am not too familiar with open jaws but understood, at least in the BA world, that an open jaw return is permitted if the distance between the two open jaw points in less than the distance between either of those two points and the point of origin. I don't know what the rules for open jaws at the end of the trip are in this case and I wondered whether anyone could point me in the right direction. Is it simply that the trip ends in the continent of origin?
Sorry if I have misunderstood anything!
The regular meaning and application of open-jaws with regard to airline ticketing has no application to Oneworld Explorer (XONEX) tickets.
XONEX ticket rules require you to return from whence you start (that is, you go around the world). There are exceptions though allowing origin - destination surface segments at the end a ticket. The rule is here:
(c) 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 follows:
a. within the country of origin
b. within the Middle East
c. between the United States and Canada
d. between HKG and China
e. between Malaysia and SIN
f. within Africa
g. between Maldives and Sri Lanka/India
https://assets.ctfassets.net/m9ph4qv...d-explorer.pdf