(my translatin from the german UA manual, dated feb-18-99)

the following are the rules for travel starting in GERMANY:

*Starting/Ending points
Travel must start and end in the same country (US/Canada and all of Skcandinavia are considered as one country).

*booking classes: Eco / Business / First
UA B / D / A
LH B / D / F
TG M / C / P
AC B / C,S,A / F
SK B / C / F,D
RG H / C / F
NZ V(intern),T(domestic) / D,J / P/J
AZ V / D / D

Exceptions: UA-segments in US/Canada in 2-class-planes: business becomes first (but downgrading from business to eco for US-Hawaii and US-Alaska-segments).

* Fare-Bases
29'000 flight miles RWSTAR1.
34'000 flight miles RWSTAR2.
39'000 flight miles RWSTAR3.
surface miles DO COUNT as well.

*Minimum stay
10 days (before the last intercontinental flight).

*Maximum stay.
1 year.

*Stops
Minimum: 3, Maximum: 15.
In USA/Canada max 5.
Per town only ONE.
A surface sector counts as a stopover.
The following airports are considered same town:
Rio de Janeiro: RIO/GIG/SDU
Sao Paulo: SAO/GRU/CGH
Paris: CDG/ORY
London: LHR/LGW/STN
Munich: MUC/AGB
Oslo: FBU/GEN/TRF
New York: JFK/LGA/EWR
Washington: IAD/DCA/BWI
Miami: MIA/FLL/PBI
Chicago: ORD/MDW
Houston: IAH/HOU
Dallas: DFW/DAL
San Francisco: SFO/OAK/SJC
Los Angeles: LAX/ONT/SNA/BUR

* Rebates:
Children under 2 years, no seat: 90%.
Children under 2 years, with seat: 33%.
Children under 12 years: 33%.
No discount on rebooking fees.

*No-code-share-fligths
*when starting in Germany: only two german segments allowed
* only one Transatlantic flight
* only one Transpacific "crossing" (more than one segment "in-line" possible)

*Rebooking of travel-dates:
**before ticketing: ok, free
**after ticketing: no change possible before and including first intercontinetal segment, other segments free
**after trip started: no change possible before and including first intercontinetal segment, other segments free

*Reroutings:
**before ticketing: ok, free
**after ticketing: no change possible before and including first intercontinetal segment, other segments $75 per transaction
**after trip started: no change possible before and including first intercontinetal segment, other segments $75 per transaction.

*Reimbursement of ticket:
before departure: full reimbusement
after departure: partial reimbursement (but no reimbursement when changing cabin-classes, or flying less miles).