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Old Mar 14, 2008 | 1:51 pm
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OW Useful Reference Links

work in progress


Here are some links that I find useful for OW.


Anything else should be included?


Note - links that are external to FT are italicised.

OW Members and Airline Codes
(with links to relevant FT fora and FAQs)

OW

Full Members
AA American Airlines
BA British Airways
CX Cathay Pacific
AY Finnair
IB Iberia
JL JAL Japan Airlines
LA Lan
MA Malev
QF Qantas
RJ Royal Jordanian Airlines


Official OW Website
www.oneworld.com

OW PDF timetable (warning 6Mb)
OW timetables for download
OW itinerary planner (thread listing bugs)


Unofficial OW Website
FT Wiki and OW wiki master thread
Mileage Monkey by SLF and originally by hauteboy (xONEx validator, route info & FFP earning, some useful links)
Mileage Monkey discussion thread - updates, new routes/rules, bug fixes, etc.

various OW starfiles


Official OW Member Airlines Websites
American Airlines
British Airways
Cathay Pacific
Finnair
Iberia
JAL Japan Airlines
Lan
Malev
Qantas
Royal Jordanian Airlines


FFP's
which OW FFP? and here



Official OW FFP's Websites
American Airlines AAdvantage
British Airways Executive Club
Cathay Pacific Marco Polo Club and Asia Miles
Finnair Plus
Iberia Plus
JAL Japan Airlines Mileage Bank
Lan Lanpass
Malev Duna Club
Qantas Frequent Flyer
Royal Jordanian Airlines Royal Plus


Lounges
Official One World Lounge Access Rules
lounge access for OWE and OWS (access by status)
lounge access for first and business class (access by class of travel) note this page incorrectly implies access when travelling AA domestic and North American first if not an AAdvantage member, which is not the case
OW lounge access
Combined OW lounge at LAX TBIT

search for a OW lounge
The Global Lounge Project (no longer working - does anyone have new link?)
Loungeguide wiki (more than just OW)


OW Booking Codes


OW RTW
OW itinerary planner (flash 9 required )
There are 2 types of OW RTW - OW explorer (often referred to as xONEx on FT) a continent & segment based RTW, and global explorer (often referred to as xGLOBx on FT) a mileage based RTW that also includes a few select non-OW airlines.

WearyBizTrvlr's RTW comparison spreadsheet (includes Star Alliance and Sky Team as well as OW)

xONEx
OW Explorer Ticket FAQs
xONEx rules
xONEx fare estimate (excl taxes and surcharges)
global xONEx pricing
RTW longest routings [20 segments] and
RTW longest routings [16 segments]
ORd-DEL is confirmed as transatlantic
maximising 4 xONEx Australia segments
maximising 6 xONEx North America segments and here
RTW - JAL A class zeroed
xONEx max 16 segments (speculation)
xONEx max 16 segments from 1 June 2008 (confirmed)
reduced A and D booking class availability?

xGLOBx
xGLOBx rules
xGLOBx fare estimate (excl taxes and surcharges)


OW Passes
Circle Pacific, Circle Trip Explorer and Circle Asia
Visit Africa, Visit Asia, Visit Japan, Visit Australia and NZ, Visit Europe, Visit North America and Visit South America
New product Circle Asia & SWP


OW non-fuel surcharges (RTW and others)


OW unorthodox routes


OW Seating
pre-reserved preferential seating policies

OW Mileage Expiry


OW owned airlines - included in OW or not?
YW Air Nostrum - yes
AA AmericanConnection - yes
AA American Eagle - yes
BA CityFlyer - yes
BA Comair - yes
KA Dragonair - yes
NTH Hokkaido Air System - no
XM J-Air - yes
JC JAL Express - yes
JO Jalways - yes
JAC Japan Air Commuter - no
EG Japan Asia Airways - yes
NU Japan Transocean Air - yes
QF Jetconnect - yes
JQ Jetstar - no (but allowed on some OW products)
3K Jetstar Asia - no
XL Lan Argentina - yes
4M Lan Ecuador - yes
LU Lan Express - yes
LP Lan Peru - yes
BA Loganair - yes (until October 2008)
QF QantasLink - yes
RAC Ryukyu Air Commuter - no
BA Sun Air - yes


Misc
OW and major airline routings (warning large 13 megs)
OW route map (requires flash 9)
some OW starfiles
A ticket cannot be extended indefinitely to get around rule changes
OW first class routes
Tax lookup on ticketed itineraries
which ow carriers J & F would you choose?

Please advise additions/corrections/bad links. Updated to post #16.

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