Originally Posted by
sony2012
I have some newbie questions for DONE4. I just learned that i booked DONE4 according to JAL website (otherwise I was not sure lol)
1. There is no total flown mile restrictions such 34K, is that correct? The reason I am asking this is because oneworld web kept giving me this error when booking
2. The total of 16 segments including the free transfers. So if I book a ticket to London and start in MAD, LON-MAD segment counts as one segment even though the flight is not included? This might be the reason why I kept getting an error when I tried to add segments under 34K miles at the time of booking....
3. How about landing in LGA and departing from JFK. Does the transfer between LGA and JFK count as a free trasnfer segment?
4. Within each continents, there is a limit of number of segments I can fly. 4 segments in Asia. Does it include the free transfer? So if booked two flights with two segments each: JFK-HND-BKK-HKG and HND-HKG-LON, how many segments in asia am I using??? 3 or 4 including the free transfer?
Originally Posted by
ironmanjt
No. It counts as one of your sixteen. I ran into this with LHR/LCY and caused me hours of agony with QF on the phone trying to figure the error...
IIRC years ago certain pairs of airports were considered coterminus for OneWorld Explorer tickets, and thus you did not burn one of the 16 segments to move between them. However, as I said, it was years ago and that has long since been eliminated.
Originally Posted by
sony2012
1. There is no total flown mile restrictions such 34K, is that correct? The reason I am asking this is because oneworld web kept giving me this error when booking
You are correct. This is a known bug in the system. You cannot book OneWorld Explorer tickets using the online tool if they exceed 34K BIS miles. But this limit does not exist in the rules. The system problem just means that you have to book these tickets by calling a OneWorld carrier.
Originally Posted by
sony2012
2. The total of 16 segments including the free transfers. So if I book a ticket to London and start in MAD, LON-MAD segment counts as one segment even though the flight is not included?
Huh? I don't understand your question. If you don't mind rewording it, I'll try to answer.
Originally Posted by
sony2012
3. How about landing in LGA and departing from JFK. Does the transfer between LGA and JFK count as a free trasnfer segment?
As already mentioned, LGA-JFK will count as one segment.
Originally Posted by
sony2012
4. Within each continents, there is a limit of number of segments I can fly. 4 segments in Asia. Does it include the free transfer? So if booked two flights with two segments each: JFK-HND-BKK-HKG and HND-HKG-LON, how many segments in asia am I using??? 3 or 4 including the free transfer?
Again, what do you mean by "free transfer"? JFK-HND-BKK-HKG is two Asia segments, and HND-HKG-LON is one Asia segment. JFK-HND and HKG-LON are intercontinental flights which do not count against your per continent limit of four everywhere other than North America in which you're allowed six.