Originally Posted by the_p0et
No where have I found anything saying that "if you do not cross both oceans, we will split up your ticket and charge you the point to point fares for all your 20 flights".
Sorry, but I'm just wondering where you found your information on this. There is nothing that I can find that says what may happen if we do not follow all of the fare conditions.
One more question.. where did you find the information about the $200USD departure tax for Venezuela? The flight I found only has just over $40USD tax.
The rules are in the conditions of carriage, but it is up to your TA as they are the ones who will have the chargeback from the airline (if it happens). You can ask them what they will do if it happens (presumably they have your credit card number or other details). Again the chance of it happening is low, but it can and does happen sometimes, particularly with a high-profile leg.
The USD200 departure tax is new and is for J/F; for Y it is about USD 30. We don't have much discussion on FT of non-F/J travel, unless stated otherwise most comments apply to premium classes. Don't know the effective date of that tax (I expect never to fly to CCS, for various reasons), but it caught my eye because of the amount and the turbulent background. Several other countries in SA have even more stunning taxes (I think Ecuador has something like a 15% "luxury" tax on J/F tickets which applies to award tickets based on the full fare, so you get over USD 1000 in taxes for the free tickets originating in that country).