What was OWE limit before 20 segment limit ?
Jan 21, 2004 | 8:24 pm
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What was OWE limit before 20 segment limit ?
I have searched the forum but cannot find an answer to this.
Before the current 20 segment limit on OWE came in, what was the limit of OW generosity - a higher number of segments, or a total mileage limit, or some other rule such as no backtracking within continents?
Before the current 20 segment limit on OWE came in, what was the limit of OW generosity - a higher number of segments, or a total mileage limit, or some other rule such as no backtracking within continents?
Jan 21, 2004 | 8:27 pm
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The rules were as they are today without the 20 segment limit. The same segment limits by continent were in place so there was an overall cap on how many segments you could fly but it increased with the number of continents you ticketed.
Edited to add (and fix the math):
Therefore, the maximum for a six continent trip was 32 free segments and you could buy an extra two in five continents for an absolute max of 42 segments. You could add three to either of these figures if you employed the allowed transits in NA, Asia and Europe.
[This message has been edited by ExMo (edited Jan 21, 2004).]
Edited to add (and fix the math):
Therefore, the maximum for a six continent trip was 32 free segments and you could buy an extra two in five continents for an absolute max of 42 segments. You could add three to either of these figures if you employed the allowed transits in NA, Asia and Europe.
[This message has been edited by ExMo (edited Jan 21, 2004).]
Jan 21, 2004 | 11:24 pm
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Thanks for that, ExMo, once again you are the hands-down winner as the definitive source of information on OWE. Historical as well as current.