Feb 23, 2015, 2:47 pm
Last edit by: Mwenenzi
The information in this wiki is out of date - please see the information in the wiki in this new thread ---> The Oneworld Explorer User Guide
The oneworld explorer ticket thread.
Thanks to eamus in particular for the work in starting this thread and collating this information, which is taken from his two posts. This wiki supersedes the information in those first two posts. It is now community-maintained, please be bold and amend as you see fit.
The purpose of this thread is to collect some FAQs on the most popular oneworld ticket, the Explorer. This thread is not intended to be totally comprehensive, nor is it a substitute for using the search function for specific or obscure points (the search function is at the top right of your screen, in case you missed it!). It is an aid for planning your massive mileage-earning trip round the world on the airlines of the oneworld alliance. Once you have trawled through this thread you should be OK to start work on your itinerary. If you have any questions not covered here or in a search of old threads, don't be afraid to post and ask the experts here.
Please note that while we attempt to be as accurate as possible, the official rules do change. The airline who issues your ticket will have final say on what the rules are, and how they interpret them. Here goes:
Terminology:
Q: You people seem to like talking in code. Do you have a glossary?
A: Of course. Here are some basic terms:
ONE or OWE = oneworld Explorer ticket
DONE4 = D class (business class) oneworld Explorer ticket for 4 continents. The initial letter is A, D or L depending on whether it is First, Bus. or Economy, and the final number is the number of continents, 3-6 (sometimes a * is used to indicate a generic question/response, eg. *ONE4 or *ONE*)
Segment = a flight with a single flight number between two cities, whether or not it stops between the origin and destination, and whether or not there is a change of aircraft along the way. So for instance SYD-JFK is one segment even though it stops in LAX, but NRT-HKT is two segments (NRT-HKG, HKG-HKT) since there is no oneworld single flight number between NRT and HKT. Don't confuse "segment" with "sector," another term you often see. A sector is one take off and one landing, so SYD-JFK is two sectors but only one segment.
Other Useful Terms:
F, J, Y = the full price booking classes for first, business and economy classes respectively. Being discount tickets, *ONE* tickets generally use A, D or L for the respective classes, but sometimes people like to use "J" as a generic way of describing business class, for instance.
RTW = round the world
SWP = South West Pacific (one of the continents)
WT+ = World Traveller Plus, the premium economy cabin on some BA flights
The Airlines:
AA = American Airlines
AB = Air Berlin (HG for Niki) Shutdown 28 Oct 2017
AY = Finnair
AT = Royal Air Maroc (joined 1 April 2020)
BA = British Airways
CX = Cathay Pacific (and KA for Cathay Dragon)
IB = Iberia
JJ = LATAM Left OW alliance
JL = Japan Airlines (and NU for Japan Transocean AIr)
LA = Lan Chile (and XL, 4M for the other Lan's) Left OW alliance
MH = Malaysia Airlines
QF = Qantas (which DOES NOT HAVE A "U" IN IT !!!!!!!)
QR = Qatar Aiways
RJ = Royal Jordanian
S7 = S7 Airlines
UL = SriLankan Airlines
The Basics:
Q: What airlines can I fly with on a ONE ticket?
A: Any oneworld airline, as listed above, or their affiliate airlines (list below may not be up to date, see oneworld.com):
American Eagle (operated by Envoy Airlines, Republic Airlines, SkyWest Airlines, ExpressJet Airlines, Mesa Airlines, Compass Airlines, Trans States Airlines, PSA Airlines, Piedmont Airlines, and Air Wisconsin)
Belair
LGW
TUlfly
BA CitiFlyer including flights operated by Eastern Airways
Comair [South Africa](not to be confused with the Delta affiliate in the US with the same name)
SUN-AIR of Scandinavia
Open Skies
BA Limited
Nordic Regional Airlines (Norra)
Air Norstrum
Iberia Express
J-Air
HAC (Hokkaido Air System)
LATAM Express
LATAM Peru
LATAM Colombia
Alliance Airlines
QantasLink operated by Eastern Australia, Jetconnect (NZ), National Jet Systems, Sunstate Airlines, and Network Aviation
Globus
NOTE: Codeshare flights operated by other partner/affiliate airlines are not permitted on this ticket. So for example the QF flights that are codeshares operated by FJ (Air Pacific) are not eligible. However it is possible to fly on codeshares within the alliance. For example you can take an AA flight number that is actually operated by BA. The benefit of doing this is that it may help depending on which frequent flyer membership you are with, and what bonuses are given with these flights.
NOTE: If a ticket includes travel to/from/via Cuba it may not also include flight segments for travel on American Airlines/American Eagle/American Connection due to US Government restrictions. [this may have cha
Q: What are the basic rules of the fare?
A: It is a round the world ticket, so you must cross both the Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean, but can only do so once for each ocean. The fare is calculated based on the number of continents you visit. The continents are counted even if you only change planes there (eg. stopping in Asia on a flight from Europe to Australia), and the continent count includes the continent of origin. See below for backtracking rules. You can fly up to 16 segments in total.
Q: Can I backtrack?
A: You can backtrack within countries and continents, but you cannot re-enter a continent after leaving it, except: (a) a transit without stopover in Asia on a flight between Europe and SWP or vice versa, (b) a transit without stopover in North America on a flight between South America and SWP, Asia or Europe or vice versa, (c) two permitted in Europe/Middle, for travel originating in Africa, Africa - Europe/Middle East - RTW - Europe/Middle East - Africa, for travel originating other than Africa, Europe/Middle East - Africa - Europe/Middle East, one of the visits to Europe/Middle East must be a transfer without stopover between Africa and the previous/next continent, if travel to/from Europe in both directions, itinerary may not include Mauritius/South Africa.
Any of these transit without stopover benefits can be taken in either direction (eg. Europe-SWP or SWP-Europe) and either before or after you wish to enter the continent for the second time to use your stopovers there. You can only leave and re-enter the continent of origin once, except for North America where you may have an additional transit without stopover.
Q: What are the continents on which the fare is calculated? Which countries are in which continent?
A: Forget all your geography lessons, and take a look at the map accessible by clicking this hyperlink and you should see the continents. For those who prefer the text, oneworld defines the continents as follows:
North America = United States, Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean area, Central America and Panama
South America = all of South America other than Panama
Europe = all of Europe, including Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, and all of the Middle East including Egypt and Sudan
Africa = all of Africa other than Algeria, Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia
Asia = all of Asia excluding everything in the South West Pacific
South West Pacific = all of the South West Pacific, including Australia and New Zealand
Q: How many of those 16 segments can I use in each continent?
A: You get four (4) segments in each of Europe, Africa, Asia, South America and South West Pacific, and six (6) segments in North America. None of the intercontinental flights, including those across the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, count against any continent allowance, although obviously they do count against your 16 segment total allowance. There are, in addition, other restrictions you need to be aware of.
Q: What about surface segments (eg arrive at LGA and depart from JFK)?
A: These are counted towards the total of 16 segments.
Q: Are there any other restrictions that I have per region/continent?
A: Yes:
Europe - Not more than two Europe/Middle East segments may be used for journeys between the U.K. and the following: Algeria, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Georgia, Greece, Israel, Macedonia, Malta, Montenegro, Morocco, Funchal, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Tunisia, Ukraine, and the Middle East. You get four segments in Europe, so if you go from Heathrow to, say, Dubai, you cannot then go from Heathrow to Greece and back.
Americas - Within North America, only one transcontinental flight is allowed between selected cities on the East and West Coasts. "Transcontinental" is defined as a flight between one of ATL/BWI/BOS/CLT/FLL/BDL/MIA/EWR/NYC/ORL/PHL/PIT/SJU/RDU/TPA/YYZ/WAS/PBI and one of LAS/LGB/LAX/OAK/PHX/PDX/SAN/SFO/SJC/SNA/SEA/YVR. Also, in North America only one segment is permitted between the continental US and Hawaii (so if you want to visit Hawaii, you must go to/from Australia), and only one flight to/from ANC (Anchorage, Alaska) is permitted.
South West Pacific - within Australia only one flight is permitted between:
* Perth, and Brisbane, Canberra, Cairns, Melbourne or Sydney
* Darwin, and Canberra, Melbourne or Sydney
* Broome, and Brisbane, Melbourne or Sydney
* Dampier, and Brisbane, Melbourne or Sydney
Exceptions - there is no restriction between Sydney/Melbourne & Perth for passengers originating in:
* Perth, when in conjunction with travel to/from Jo'burg/Shanghai
* New Zealand, when in conjunction with travel to/from Jo'burg
Q: Can I take the QF flight from LAX-JFK (or vice versa) even if I don't have an onward flight with QF?
A: No. The rules would appear to allow it, but in actual practice QF does not. (Edited to add: The OWE rules don't prohibit it, but QF does not have 5th freedom rights to carry passengers solely between LAX and JFK, i.e., domestically within the U.S. The Passenger must originate/terminate in Australia.)
Q: Can I buy more segments?
A: This is no longer permitted. If you want to exceed the per-continent segment limit, one option is to add a "side trip" which are additional flights that are part of the ticket but calculated and priced per their own fare; you are still limited to a maximum of 16 sectors on one ticket. Another option is to include one or more flights in the booking record that are priced and ticketed separately; since such flights are on their own ticket, they do not count against the 16 segment limit of the main ticket. Not all agents or airlines are comfortable issuing separate tickets out of one booking record, so it is easier to book in a new record, but keeping al flights in one record and issuing separate tickets is often used to increase the ease of having connections protected when there are flight delays, schedule changes, etc.
Q: What about stopovers? What are the rules? And benefits?
A: A stopover is break in your journey of more than 24 hours. You can have as many stopovers as you like (one per segment if you like), but you cannot have more than two stopovers in the continent of origin. The key thing here is the 24-hour rule, and there are two main benefits. First, at some airports (eg. LHR) not having a stopover can save significant taxes as you will be classed as a passenger in transit, and second, you can stop for dinner and a night with friends, even if you are out of stopovers in the country of origin.
Q: Where can I fly on a ONE ticket?
A: You can get an idea of available destinations from the maps on the AA website at this hyperlink; just select oneworld cities once the relevant area has loaded. There is also a pretty bad map on the oneworld website here.
Q: What tools are available for working out my itinerary and the airline timetables?
A) You can access the official oneworld trip planner on https://rtw.oneworld.com/rtw/ - this includes the ability to book most itineraries online.
Q: Can I end my itinerary in a city other than the one where I started?
A: Yes. You can separate your origin and destination under any of the following circumstances: anywhere within the country of origin, between the US and Canada, anywhere within Africa, anywhere within the Middle East, between Hong Kong and China, between Malaysia and Singapore, or between Maldives and Sri Lanka or India. So you could start in CAI and end in DXB, but could not start in JFK and end in MEX.
Booking Tickets:
Q: The booking classes are A (first), D (business) and L (economy). If I buy a first class ticket and there is no first class on my flight, what happens?
A: That depends on what you mean by "no first class." If the seat inventory (A in this case, but the same goes for D) is not available for the flight you want and you can't get a flight that does have available inventory, you get downgraded to the next available inventory class (A goes down to D, and D goes down to L) and no compensation or refund is payable. Except on two class US domestic flights, if the plane is only one class (all economy) or two class (economy and business), then you get downgraded and no compensation or refund is payable. On two class US domestic flights and QR flights within the Middle East, if you hold a D class ticket you can book into the A (first) inventory, if it is available, at no extra charge. On domestic flights on AE (American Eagle), AY, and LA (which are one class except LA's SCL-IPC), all A and D tickets book into the Y (full fare economy) inventory bucket which means it is economy seating, but there should be plenty of availability.
Q: Can I upgrade some of the segments to fly business/first class?
A: In limited circumstances. Your options are: (a) you can upgrade your entire itinerary - subject to availability - by paying the higher class fare but otherwise without penalty, (b) flights operated by AA may be upgraded with AA miles, (c) US/Canada domestic flights operated by AA may be upgraded with 500-mile "sticker" upgrades issued by AA, (d) flights operated by CX may be upgraded using CX miles, (e) flights marketed and operated by JL may be upgraded using JL miles, and (f) flights operated by QF may be upgraded using QF miles/upgrade credits. BA also offers "on board" upgrades for prices ranging from GBP200 up if there is a spare seat on board. Talk to the purser when you board, but these upgrades only qualify for the mileage/status you originally booked. For instance if you were in BA economy and upgraded on board to WT+ for GBP200 on LHR-SIN, you only get the discount economy miles, not the WT+ miles.
Q: Can I upgrade some of the segments to fly premium economy class ?
A: Economy class can be upgraded to CX,JL,QF premium economy cabin or BA World Traveller Plus cabin for an additional charge, per flight segments.
USD1450 for SWP-Asia, SWP-Europe/Middle East, SWP-Norrh America, SWP-South America. USD350 for SEA-South Asian Subcontinent, SEA-Japan/Korea, USD250 for within SEA,Australia,Middle East. USD950 for all ohter sectors.
Booking class: BA(T), JL(E), CX(R), QF(R).
Q: What is an open segment and why would I book that?
A: An open segment is basically setting your itinerary in advance, but not confirming your seat on the plane. You do this by leaving the date on the flight coupon (eg. LHR-JFK) open, even though you have decided that you will at some point be flying that route. You might do this as it is easier to change your travel timing as you go. If you set all the flight dates and then needed to make a change at some point, you may have to change all the onward flights and not just the next one or two.
The downside is that you need the inventory to be available on the date you finally want to travel, and on some routes/carriers at certain times of the year, A and D inventory may have limited availability. Further, it gives you no protection should a route be discontinued. If a route between XXX and YYY is discontinued, you then will have to pay the reroute fee and use an additional segment to fly XXX-ZZZ-YYY.
Q: Can I change my mind?
A: Yes, you will find the *ONE* to be a reasonably flexible ticket. Date/time changes are permitted at no charge, and subject to availability you can change the oneworld carrier you want to use without charge as long as there is no change in origin/destination and intermediate points (eg. changing BA to QF for a flight SYD-LHR). Changes other than date/time (routing is the obvious change) incur a US$125 charge and the ticket is reissued, with some carriers charging you a service fee. Date/time changes are permitted at no charge, but routing changes incur a US$125 charge, and again some carriers charge you a service fee. The rules don't state that routing changes in this case are a reissue (see below about what happens if the rules change). The number of continents/extra flight segments may be increased or decreased and you will be charged/refunded accordingly. If you change the date or time of your first flight and the ticket price has increased since you bought the ticket, you'll pay the higher fare. If you need to cancel before departure, tickets originating in North or South America incur a penalty of 10% of the ticket price, tickets originating elsewhere incur no penalty. If you need to cancel after departure, all tickets other than those originating in SWP (no penalty) or Japan (lower of 10% penalty or JPY50,000) incur a 10% penalty. You may get a refund of the unused portion of your ticket based on the cost of the flights used to date and the penalty due.
Q: What happens if the rules on my ticket change, or are about to change?
A: If the rules change before your ticket is issued, then the new rules will apply and you will have to change any existing reservations that are not permitted under the new rules. If the rules change after your ticket is issued, the rules that apply are those that were in force when your ticket was issued. But be aware - if after the rules change you want to cancel the ticket, or to do something not permitted under the old rules, then the ticket will be cancelled and reissued, and the new rules will apply. If you are worried about rule changes and want to maximize your flexibility, set your last flight to be 12 months after the date of your first flight (which is permitted). This gives you 12 months' worth of flexibility once you start travelling since date changes are currently free of charge. To give yourself even more flexibility, get your ticket issued up to 12 months in advance of your first flight (which is also permitted), which gives you an effective 2 year lock on the rules as long as you don't change that first flight.
Q: How much does the ticket cost?
A: The base ticket price depends on the number of continents you visit, a minimum of three and a maximum of six, and the starting country. Oneworld no longer publishes a list of base ticket prices. Taxes and charges are added to this base ticket price as determined by your itinerary. Note that similar or even identical itineraries can thus have varied pricing depending on which airlines you fly and/or use to ticket as charges can vary between airlines flown and ticketing . Infants under 2 and not occupying a seat are charged 10% of the adult fare. Children 2-11 and occupying a seat are charged 75% of the adult fare, except for tickets originating in India where they pay 67% of the adult fare.
Q: If I pony up the money for an A ticket, which routes still have "real" first class?
A: This is a bit of a moving target, but essentially the following routes have traditional first class service on a three class plane (all include the reverse routes too):
AA - LHR to LAX, JFK, ORD, BOS and MIA; NRT to LAX, SJC and JFK; GRU to MIA and JFK; DFW to LGW and FRA; and some flights MIA to EZE
BA - LHR to SYD, HKG, SIN, NRT, HND, KUL, PEK, PVG, JFK, EWR, YYZ, YVR, BOS, PHL, ATL, AUS, DFW, DEN, IAH, LAX, LAS, SJC, SAN, IAD, PHX, SFO, SEA, MIA, JNB, CPT, DXB, AUH, MCT, DOH, ABV, LOS, ACC, BOM, NBO, GRU, SCL, MEX, DEL, BLR, BAH, JED, RUH, KWI, TLV and CAI; LGW to BGI, BDA, GND, POS, UVF
CX - HKG to LHR, JFK, LAX, YVR, FRA, SFO, and CDG; some flights HKG to HND, and unpredictably to NRT, SIN, BKK, MNL, KIX, SEL, TPE, and CGK.
JL - HND to CDG, LHR, and SFO; NRT to JFK, LAX, ORD, CGK, and SYD.
QF - LAX to JFK, SYD and MEL; SYD-SFO + SFO-YVR (seasonal), LHR to SIN, BKK, HKG, SYD and MEL; some flights HKG to SYD and MEL, SYD-JNB (seasonal F Class offering?), although one weekly SYD-JNB (Fridays?) and SYD-SFO service is operated by Qantas' 2-class 747-400s (no First Class, only J/Y).
QR - Any route served by the Airbus 380.
LA - SCL to MAD, FRA, AKL, and SYD
Q: Have there been any problems with handwritten tickets?
A: You need to confirm that each airline receives the ticket number for the flights that are booked on them. In particular, Cathay has been known to cancel space if it has not received the ticket number. Although the booking airline should send the ticket number to all airlines on the itinerary, it is best to call Cathay to assure they have received it.
Miles and Status:
This is a very difficult section, since what you will earn in terms of miles and elite status depends on which airline program you want to use. As a related point, you may find that a routing needs to be constructed using or avoiding certain oneworld airlines because of the mileage-earning implications. For instance, L class tickets on BA gets 25% miles when booked to the QF program, but the same L ticket on the QF codeshare earns 100% QF miles. All programs are geared off the booking class, so knowing the booking class and the flight number/operator are the key points. The best advice is to thoroughly check the earning rules for your preferred program(s), and if necessary, post questions on your local airline forum if you are unsure. That said, there a very general FAQ that the regulars on this forum thought should be posted.
Q: I know that the booking classes are A, D and L, but what happens to my miles if I am booked into another class?
A: Generally you will earn miles for the class in which you travel. If you are downgraded from A to D, you will earn D miles/status. Similarly, if you are on a domestic US flight and your D ticket is booked into the A inventory, you will earn A miles/status. If you upgrade individual flights, you receive the miles for the flight in which you were booked originally (ie. before the upgrade) except for pre-paid WT+ upgrades where you get the applicable WT+ miles/status. As said above, on board upgrades on BA earn miles/status for the class originally booked.
Q: Is there a consistent baggage limit, and if so, what is it?
A: The xONEx checked baggage allowance is 2 pieces. Each carrier can specify its own limit on the maximum weight allowed per piece. On some it is 32kg, on others it is 23kg, and there may be variations for some flights (eg QF domestic prop flights have a lower limit).
Further Information:
All the above information comes from the universal starfiles, which are the rules applicable to these (and other) tickets. Some very nice FTers have obtained copies of the rules and posted them on their websites. Note though that since the airlines do not routinely make the starfiles available to the public there may be a time lag in updated files becoming available to this community.
The oneworld.com does now routinely publish the rules which can be found by searching on their website via http://www.oneworld.com/search-results?q=rules
Validity Tools to check your routing
This tool is great for doing initial validity checks on your routing: http://www.slfft.org/mm/award.htm
If this location is inaccessible, see this thread for more information: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/onewo...ml#post6954703
Earning AA miles & status https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/amer...-miles-aa.html
Edit
AB Air Berlin shut down 28 Oct 2017
LA Latam left OW May 2020
AT joined OW 1 April 2020
The oneworld explorer ticket thread.
Thanks to eamus in particular for the work in starting this thread and collating this information, which is taken from his two posts. This wiki supersedes the information in those first two posts. It is now community-maintained, please be bold and amend as you see fit.
The purpose of this thread is to collect some FAQs on the most popular oneworld ticket, the Explorer. This thread is not intended to be totally comprehensive, nor is it a substitute for using the search function for specific or obscure points (the search function is at the top right of your screen, in case you missed it!). It is an aid for planning your massive mileage-earning trip round the world on the airlines of the oneworld alliance. Once you have trawled through this thread you should be OK to start work on your itinerary. If you have any questions not covered here or in a search of old threads, don't be afraid to post and ask the experts here.
Please note that while we attempt to be as accurate as possible, the official rules do change. The airline who issues your ticket will have final say on what the rules are, and how they interpret them. Here goes:
Terminology:
Q: You people seem to like talking in code. Do you have a glossary?
A: Of course. Here are some basic terms:
ONE or OWE = oneworld Explorer ticket
DONE4 = D class (business class) oneworld Explorer ticket for 4 continents. The initial letter is A, D or L depending on whether it is First, Bus. or Economy, and the final number is the number of continents, 3-6 (sometimes a * is used to indicate a generic question/response, eg. *ONE4 or *ONE*)
Segment = a flight with a single flight number between two cities, whether or not it stops between the origin and destination, and whether or not there is a change of aircraft along the way. So for instance SYD-JFK is one segment even though it stops in LAX, but NRT-HKT is two segments (NRT-HKG, HKG-HKT) since there is no oneworld single flight number between NRT and HKT. Don't confuse "segment" with "sector," another term you often see. A sector is one take off and one landing, so SYD-JFK is two sectors but only one segment.
Other Useful Terms:
F, J, Y = the full price booking classes for first, business and economy classes respectively. Being discount tickets, *ONE* tickets generally use A, D or L for the respective classes, but sometimes people like to use "J" as a generic way of describing business class, for instance.
RTW = round the world
SWP = South West Pacific (one of the continents)
WT+ = World Traveller Plus, the premium economy cabin on some BA flights
The Airlines:
AA = American Airlines
AY = Finnair
AT = Royal Air Maroc (joined 1 April 2020)
BA = British Airways
CX = Cathay Pacific (and KA for Cathay Dragon)
IB = Iberia
JL = Japan Airlines (and NU for Japan Transocean AIr)
MH = Malaysia Airlines
QF = Qantas (which DOES NOT HAVE A "U" IN IT !!!!!!!)
QR = Qatar Aiways
RJ = Royal Jordanian
S7 = S7 Airlines
UL = SriLankan Airlines
The Basics:
Q: What airlines can I fly with on a ONE ticket?
A: Any oneworld airline, as listed above, or their affiliate airlines (list below may not be up to date, see oneworld.com):
American Eagle (operated by Envoy Airlines, Republic Airlines, SkyWest Airlines, ExpressJet Airlines, Mesa Airlines, Compass Airlines, Trans States Airlines, PSA Airlines, Piedmont Airlines, and Air Wisconsin)
LGW
TUlfly
BA CitiFlyer including flights operated by Eastern Airways
Comair [South Africa](not to be confused with the Delta affiliate in the US with the same name)
SUN-AIR of Scandinavia
Open Skies
BA Limited
Nordic Regional Airlines (Norra)
Air Norstrum
Iberia Express
J-Air
HAC (Hokkaido Air System)
Alliance Airlines
QantasLink operated by Eastern Australia, Jetconnect (NZ), National Jet Systems, Sunstate Airlines, and Network Aviation
Globus
NOTE: Codeshare flights operated by other partner/affiliate airlines are not permitted on this ticket. So for example the QF flights that are codeshares operated by FJ (Air Pacific) are not eligible. However it is possible to fly on codeshares within the alliance. For example you can take an AA flight number that is actually operated by BA. The benefit of doing this is that it may help depending on which frequent flyer membership you are with, and what bonuses are given with these flights.
NOTE: If a ticket includes travel to/from/via Cuba it may not also include flight segments for travel on American Airlines/American Eagle/American Connection due to US Government restrictions. [this may have cha
Q: What are the basic rules of the fare?
A: It is a round the world ticket, so you must cross both the Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean, but can only do so once for each ocean. The fare is calculated based on the number of continents you visit. The continents are counted even if you only change planes there (eg. stopping in Asia on a flight from Europe to Australia), and the continent count includes the continent of origin. See below for backtracking rules. You can fly up to 16 segments in total.
Q: Can I backtrack?
A: You can backtrack within countries and continents, but you cannot re-enter a continent after leaving it, except: (a) a transit without stopover in Asia on a flight between Europe and SWP or vice versa, (b) a transit without stopover in North America on a flight between South America and SWP, Asia or Europe or vice versa, (c) two permitted in Europe/Middle, for travel originating in Africa, Africa - Europe/Middle East - RTW - Europe/Middle East - Africa, for travel originating other than Africa, Europe/Middle East - Africa - Europe/Middle East, one of the visits to Europe/Middle East must be a transfer without stopover between Africa and the previous/next continent, if travel to/from Europe in both directions, itinerary may not include Mauritius/South Africa.
Any of these transit without stopover benefits can be taken in either direction (eg. Europe-SWP or SWP-Europe) and either before or after you wish to enter the continent for the second time to use your stopovers there. You can only leave and re-enter the continent of origin once, except for North America where you may have an additional transit without stopover.
Q: What are the continents on which the fare is calculated? Which countries are in which continent?
A: Forget all your geography lessons, and take a look at the map accessible by clicking this hyperlink and you should see the continents. For those who prefer the text, oneworld defines the continents as follows:
North America = United States, Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean area, Central America and Panama
South America = all of South America other than Panama
Europe = all of Europe, including Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, and all of the Middle East including Egypt and Sudan
Africa = all of Africa other than Algeria, Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia
Asia = all of Asia excluding everything in the South West Pacific
South West Pacific = all of the South West Pacific, including Australia and New Zealand
Q: How many of those 16 segments can I use in each continent?
A: You get four (4) segments in each of Europe, Africa, Asia, South America and South West Pacific, and six (6) segments in North America. None of the intercontinental flights, including those across the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, count against any continent allowance, although obviously they do count against your 16 segment total allowance. There are, in addition, other restrictions you need to be aware of.
Q: What about surface segments (eg arrive at LGA and depart from JFK)?
A: These are counted towards the total of 16 segments.
Q: Are there any other restrictions that I have per region/continent?
A: Yes:
Europe - Not more than two Europe/Middle East segments may be used for journeys between the U.K. and the following: Algeria, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Georgia, Greece, Israel, Macedonia, Malta, Montenegro, Morocco, Funchal, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Tunisia, Ukraine, and the Middle East. You get four segments in Europe, so if you go from Heathrow to, say, Dubai, you cannot then go from Heathrow to Greece and back.
Americas - Within North America, only one transcontinental flight is allowed between selected cities on the East and West Coasts. "Transcontinental" is defined as a flight between one of ATL/BWI/BOS/CLT/FLL/BDL/MIA/EWR/NYC/ORL/PHL/PIT/SJU/RDU/TPA/YYZ/WAS/PBI and one of LAS/LGB/LAX/OAK/PHX/PDX/SAN/SFO/SJC/SNA/SEA/YVR. Also, in North America only one segment is permitted between the continental US and Hawaii (so if you want to visit Hawaii, you must go to/from Australia), and only one flight to/from ANC (Anchorage, Alaska) is permitted.
South West Pacific - within Australia only one flight is permitted between:
* Perth, and Brisbane, Canberra, Cairns, Melbourne or Sydney
* Darwin, and Canberra, Melbourne or Sydney
* Broome, and Brisbane, Melbourne or Sydney
* Dampier, and Brisbane, Melbourne or Sydney
Exceptions - there is no restriction between Sydney/Melbourne & Perth for passengers originating in:
* Perth, when in conjunction with travel to/from Jo'burg/Shanghai
* New Zealand, when in conjunction with travel to/from Jo'burg
Q: Can I take the QF flight from LAX-JFK (or vice versa) even if I don't have an onward flight with QF?
A: No. The rules would appear to allow it, but in actual practice QF does not. (Edited to add: The OWE rules don't prohibit it, but QF does not have 5th freedom rights to carry passengers solely between LAX and JFK, i.e., domestically within the U.S. The Passenger must originate/terminate in Australia.)
Q: Can I buy more segments?
A: This is no longer permitted. If you want to exceed the per-continent segment limit, one option is to add a "side trip" which are additional flights that are part of the ticket but calculated and priced per their own fare; you are still limited to a maximum of 16 sectors on one ticket. Another option is to include one or more flights in the booking record that are priced and ticketed separately; since such flights are on their own ticket, they do not count against the 16 segment limit of the main ticket. Not all agents or airlines are comfortable issuing separate tickets out of one booking record, so it is easier to book in a new record, but keeping al flights in one record and issuing separate tickets is often used to increase the ease of having connections protected when there are flight delays, schedule changes, etc.
Q: What about stopovers? What are the rules? And benefits?
A: A stopover is break in your journey of more than 24 hours. You can have as many stopovers as you like (one per segment if you like), but you cannot have more than two stopovers in the continent of origin. The key thing here is the 24-hour rule, and there are two main benefits. First, at some airports (eg. LHR) not having a stopover can save significant taxes as you will be classed as a passenger in transit, and second, you can stop for dinner and a night with friends, even if you are out of stopovers in the country of origin.
Q: Where can I fly on a ONE ticket?
A: You can get an idea of available destinations from the maps on the AA website at this hyperlink; just select oneworld cities once the relevant area has loaded. There is also a pretty bad map on the oneworld website here.
Q: What tools are available for working out my itinerary and the airline timetables?
A) You can access the official oneworld trip planner on https://rtw.oneworld.com/rtw/ - this includes the ability to book most itineraries online.
Q: Can I end my itinerary in a city other than the one where I started?
A: Yes. You can separate your origin and destination under any of the following circumstances: anywhere within the country of origin, between the US and Canada, anywhere within Africa, anywhere within the Middle East, between Hong Kong and China, between Malaysia and Singapore, or between Maldives and Sri Lanka or India. So you could start in CAI and end in DXB, but could not start in JFK and end in MEX.
Booking Tickets:
Q: The booking classes are A (first), D (business) and L (economy). If I buy a first class ticket and there is no first class on my flight, what happens?
A: That depends on what you mean by "no first class." If the seat inventory (A in this case, but the same goes for D) is not available for the flight you want and you can't get a flight that does have available inventory, you get downgraded to the next available inventory class (A goes down to D, and D goes down to L) and no compensation or refund is payable. Except on two class US domestic flights, if the plane is only one class (all economy) or two class (economy and business), then you get downgraded and no compensation or refund is payable. On two class US domestic flights and QR flights within the Middle East, if you hold a D class ticket you can book into the A (first) inventory, if it is available, at no extra charge. On domestic flights on AE (American Eagle), AY, and LA (which are one class except LA's SCL-IPC), all A and D tickets book into the Y (full fare economy) inventory bucket which means it is economy seating, but there should be plenty of availability.
Q: Can I upgrade some of the segments to fly business/first class?
A: In limited circumstances. Your options are: (a) you can upgrade your entire itinerary - subject to availability - by paying the higher class fare but otherwise without penalty, (b) flights operated by AA may be upgraded with AA miles, (c) US/Canada domestic flights operated by AA may be upgraded with 500-mile "sticker" upgrades issued by AA, (d) flights operated by CX may be upgraded using CX miles, (e) flights marketed and operated by JL may be upgraded using JL miles, and (f) flights operated by QF may be upgraded using QF miles/upgrade credits. BA also offers "on board" upgrades for prices ranging from GBP200 up if there is a spare seat on board. Talk to the purser when you board, but these upgrades only qualify for the mileage/status you originally booked. For instance if you were in BA economy and upgraded on board to WT+ for GBP200 on LHR-SIN, you only get the discount economy miles, not the WT+ miles.
Q: Can I upgrade some of the segments to fly premium economy class ?
A: Economy class can be upgraded to CX,JL,QF premium economy cabin or BA World Traveller Plus cabin for an additional charge, per flight segments.
USD1450 for SWP-Asia, SWP-Europe/Middle East, SWP-Norrh America, SWP-South America. USD350 for SEA-South Asian Subcontinent, SEA-Japan/Korea, USD250 for within SEA,Australia,Middle East. USD950 for all ohter sectors.
Booking class: BA(T), JL(E), CX(R), QF(R).
Q: What is an open segment and why would I book that?
A: An open segment is basically setting your itinerary in advance, but not confirming your seat on the plane. You do this by leaving the date on the flight coupon (eg. LHR-JFK) open, even though you have decided that you will at some point be flying that route. You might do this as it is easier to change your travel timing as you go. If you set all the flight dates and then needed to make a change at some point, you may have to change all the onward flights and not just the next one or two.
The downside is that you need the inventory to be available on the date you finally want to travel, and on some routes/carriers at certain times of the year, A and D inventory may have limited availability. Further, it gives you no protection should a route be discontinued. If a route between XXX and YYY is discontinued, you then will have to pay the reroute fee and use an additional segment to fly XXX-ZZZ-YYY.
Q: Can I change my mind?
A: Yes, you will find the *ONE* to be a reasonably flexible ticket. Date/time changes are permitted at no charge, and subject to availability you can change the oneworld carrier you want to use without charge as long as there is no change in origin/destination and intermediate points (eg. changing BA to QF for a flight SYD-LHR). Changes other than date/time (routing is the obvious change) incur a US$125 charge and the ticket is reissued, with some carriers charging you a service fee. Date/time changes are permitted at no charge, but routing changes incur a US$125 charge, and again some carriers charge you a service fee. The rules don't state that routing changes in this case are a reissue (see below about what happens if the rules change). The number of continents/extra flight segments may be increased or decreased and you will be charged/refunded accordingly. If you change the date or time of your first flight and the ticket price has increased since you bought the ticket, you'll pay the higher fare. If you need to cancel before departure, tickets originating in North or South America incur a penalty of 10% of the ticket price, tickets originating elsewhere incur no penalty. If you need to cancel after departure, all tickets other than those originating in SWP (no penalty) or Japan (lower of 10% penalty or JPY50,000) incur a 10% penalty. You may get a refund of the unused portion of your ticket based on the cost of the flights used to date and the penalty due.
Q: What happens if the rules on my ticket change, or are about to change?
A: If the rules change before your ticket is issued, then the new rules will apply and you will have to change any existing reservations that are not permitted under the new rules. If the rules change after your ticket is issued, the rules that apply are those that were in force when your ticket was issued. But be aware - if after the rules change you want to cancel the ticket, or to do something not permitted under the old rules, then the ticket will be cancelled and reissued, and the new rules will apply. If you are worried about rule changes and want to maximize your flexibility, set your last flight to be 12 months after the date of your first flight (which is permitted). This gives you 12 months' worth of flexibility once you start travelling since date changes are currently free of charge. To give yourself even more flexibility, get your ticket issued up to 12 months in advance of your first flight (which is also permitted), which gives you an effective 2 year lock on the rules as long as you don't change that first flight.
Q: How much does the ticket cost?
A: The base ticket price depends on the number of continents you visit, a minimum of three and a maximum of six, and the starting country. Oneworld no longer publishes a list of base ticket prices. Taxes and charges are added to this base ticket price as determined by your itinerary. Note that similar or even identical itineraries can thus have varied pricing depending on which airlines you fly and/or use to ticket as charges can vary between airlines flown and ticketing . Infants under 2 and not occupying a seat are charged 10% of the adult fare. Children 2-11 and occupying a seat are charged 75% of the adult fare, except for tickets originating in India where they pay 67% of the adult fare.
Q: If I pony up the money for an A ticket, which routes still have "real" first class?
A: This is a bit of a moving target, but essentially the following routes have traditional first class service on a three class plane (all include the reverse routes too):
AA - LHR to LAX, JFK, ORD, BOS and MIA; NRT to LAX, SJC and JFK; GRU to MIA and JFK; DFW to LGW and FRA; and some flights MIA to EZE
BA - LHR to SYD, HKG, SIN, NRT, HND, KUL, PEK, PVG, JFK, EWR, YYZ, YVR, BOS, PHL, ATL, AUS, DFW, DEN, IAH, LAX, LAS, SJC, SAN, IAD, PHX, SFO, SEA, MIA, JNB, CPT, DXB, AUH, MCT, DOH, ABV, LOS, ACC, BOM, NBO, GRU, SCL, MEX, DEL, BLR, BAH, JED, RUH, KWI, TLV and CAI; LGW to BGI, BDA, GND, POS, UVF
CX - HKG to LHR, JFK, LAX, YVR, FRA, SFO, and CDG; some flights HKG to HND, and unpredictably to NRT, SIN, BKK, MNL, KIX, SEL, TPE, and CGK.
JL - HND to CDG, LHR, and SFO; NRT to JFK, LAX, ORD, CGK, and SYD.
QF - LAX to JFK, SYD and MEL; SYD-SFO + SFO-YVR (seasonal), LHR to SIN, BKK, HKG, SYD and MEL; some flights HKG to SYD and MEL, SYD-JNB (seasonal F Class offering?), although one weekly SYD-JNB (Fridays?) and SYD-SFO service is operated by Qantas' 2-class 747-400s (no First Class, only J/Y).
QR - Any route served by the Airbus 380.
Q: Have there been any problems with handwritten tickets?
A: You need to confirm that each airline receives the ticket number for the flights that are booked on them. In particular, Cathay has been known to cancel space if it has not received the ticket number. Although the booking airline should send the ticket number to all airlines on the itinerary, it is best to call Cathay to assure they have received it.
Code:
: 104N . * WHEN A TICKET MUST BE HANDWRITTEN, IT IS 105N . NECESSARY TO MANUALLY INSERT AN SSR MESSAGE TO 106N . ADVISE THE TICKET NUMBER TO ALL CARRIERS IN THE 107N . ITINERARY. THIS WILL PREVENT THE OTHER CARRIERS 108N . FROM CANCELING SPACE DUE TO NO TICKET NUMBER. Booking Class: AONEx DONEx IONEx LONEx AA(except AA2755-6099) A D I L AA2755-6099 D/Y D/Y I L BA/CX/KA/MH/QF/QR A D I LAB/HG/IB/RJ/UL D D I L S7 D D D L AY International D D I L AY Domestic Y Y Y L JL International A D I L JL/NU Domestic F J J Y JJ J/W D/W I/W LLA International J/W D/W I/W L XL/4M International J/W D I LLA IPC-SCL vv J/W D I L LA/XL/4M Domestic Y Y Y LAA PREMIUM ECONOMY P IB PREMIUM ECONOMY T BA WORLD TRAVELLER PLUS T CX/QF PREMIUM ECONOMY R JL PREMIUM ECONOMY E
Miles and Status:
This is a very difficult section, since what you will earn in terms of miles and elite status depends on which airline program you want to use. As a related point, you may find that a routing needs to be constructed using or avoiding certain oneworld airlines because of the mileage-earning implications. For instance, L class tickets on BA gets 25% miles when booked to the QF program, but the same L ticket on the QF codeshare earns 100% QF miles. All programs are geared off the booking class, so knowing the booking class and the flight number/operator are the key points. The best advice is to thoroughly check the earning rules for your preferred program(s), and if necessary, post questions on your local airline forum if you are unsure. That said, there a very general FAQ that the regulars on this forum thought should be posted.
Q: I know that the booking classes are A, D and L, but what happens to my miles if I am booked into another class?
A: Generally you will earn miles for the class in which you travel. If you are downgraded from A to D, you will earn D miles/status. Similarly, if you are on a domestic US flight and your D ticket is booked into the A inventory, you will earn A miles/status. If you upgrade individual flights, you receive the miles for the flight in which you were booked originally (ie. before the upgrade) except for pre-paid WT+ upgrades where you get the applicable WT+ miles/status. As said above, on board upgrades on BA earn miles/status for the class originally booked.
Q: Is there a consistent baggage limit, and if so, what is it?
A: The xONEx checked baggage allowance is 2 pieces. Each carrier can specify its own limit on the maximum weight allowed per piece. On some it is 32kg, on others it is 23kg, and there may be variations for some flights (eg QF domestic prop flights have a lower limit).
Further Information:
All the above information comes from the universal starfiles, which are the rules applicable to these (and other) tickets. Some very nice FTers have obtained copies of the rules and posted them on their websites. Note though that since the airlines do not routinely make the starfiles available to the public there may be a time lag in updated files becoming available to this community.
The oneworld.com does now routinely publish the rules which can be found by searching on their website via http://www.oneworld.com/search-results?q=rules
Validity Tools to check your routing
This tool is great for doing initial validity checks on your routing: http://www.slfft.org/mm/award.htm
If this location is inaccessible, see this thread for more information: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/onewo...ml#post6954703
Earning AA miles & status https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/amer...-miles-aa.html
Edit
AB Air Berlin shut down 28 Oct 2017
LA Latam left OW May 2020
AT joined OW 1 April 2020
The oneworld explorer ticket FAQs
Apr 11, 2007 | 9:47 pm
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I have updated my site here: {outdated link - see post #2 for latest} with the full set of Oneworld fare rules and pricing effective 1 April 2007 as published by CX for origination in Hong Kong (including those for the new Circle Asia & S W Pacific). These are in Excel (.xls) format.
Last edited by christep; Feb 23, 2009 at 2:50 am
Jun 6, 2007 | 5:58 am
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Just referenced this thread with a link for a poster on AFF. Had a look and reailised it needs some updating.
I will endeavor to provide some revisions over the next week or so ...
I will endeavor to provide some revisions over the next week or so ...
Jun 18, 2007 | 12:28 am
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Can you use AAdvantage miles or OW partner miles to obtian an explorer ticket? If so, how many miles per category/continents?
TIA.
TIA.
Jun 18, 2007 | 1:11 am
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Hi b8b, A xONEx is a revenue based fare, not award.
So while it is possible to earn award miles when flying on of these, you cannot use miles to book them.
Each of the oneworld members have their own version of "oneworld" awards.
For information on the AAdvantage version see the other 'sticky' in this forum: oneworld awards using American Airlines miles
So while it is possible to earn award miles when flying on of these, you cannot use miles to book them.
Each of the oneworld members have their own version of "oneworld" awards.
For information on the AAdvantage version see the other 'sticky' in this forum: oneworld awards using American Airlines miles
Jun 18, 2007 | 1:17 am
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Bummer, I thought I might get a nice around-the-world ticket on miles/points 
Thanks though, Serfty!
Thanks though, Serfty!
Jun 19, 2007 | 10:54 pm
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It was just pointed out on another forum, but I hvae not seen it here.
oneworld have upgraded their web pages with some good information.
Current/recent fare levels from differing counties and links to a .pdf of the xONEx rules can be now found here:
oneworld Explorer - Fare Estimate
oneworld have upgraded their web pages with some good information.
Current/recent fare levels from differing counties and links to a .pdf of the xONEx rules can be now found here:
oneworld Explorer - Fare Estimate
Jul 26, 2007 | 10:49 pm
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This is worded wrongly. It should be "(c) a transit without stopover in Europe between GHANA/NIGERIA/KENYA/UGANDA/TANZANIA and another continent or vice versa". It means that you can, for example enter Europe in transit between North America and Africa. eg HKG-JFK-xLHR-ACC-LHR-HKG has two entries to Europe but is OK because of this exception.
Jul 27, 2007 | 3:08 am
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IIRC number_6 is of the opinion AA would not ticket that itinerary, and I've always been curious about it, because if memory serves nobody here has challenged that opinion, other than to say that AA reads the rules wrong.
Sep 16, 2007 | 12:53 am
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Link to mileage monkey
Oct 3, 2007 | 12:54 am
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Small updates on cxagents. May affect people buying in Canada.
Code:
oneworld Fare Conditions Revise
Please be advised that below oneworld fares conditions will be revised for
ticket issue and travel on/after 02 October 2007.
Changes highlighted as below:
* Paragraph 18 endorsements -'Non Ref' required in the endorsement box,
not in the form of payment box.
* Travelling in a cabin other than that paid for - removed from 00
paragraph and amended in reservations (5) paragraph
* New exception (Paragraph 15,sales restrictions) - for travel originating in
the United States and sold in Canada, the applicable USD fare converted to
CAD at the bank selling rate shall apply.
oneworld Explorer Fare Rule 3015, oneworld Circle Trip Explorer Fare Rule
3030, oneworld Circle Pacific Explorer Fare Rule 7889, oneworld Circle Asia and
SWP Explorer Fare Rule 3040 and Global Explorer Fare Rule 9701 are updated.
Oct 19, 2007 | 12:44 pm
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Have just spoken with the RTW desk at AA and BA and neither know of this change. I am in Toronto, Canada and to save the $2000 would gladly drive to Buffalo. Anyone know of a TA in the US who does OW RTW booking?
Small updates on cxagents. May affect people buying in Canada.
Code:
oneworld Fare Conditions Revise
Please be advised that below oneworld fares conditions will be revised for
ticket issue and travel on/after 02 October 2007.
Changes highlighted as below:
* Paragraph 18 endorsements -'Non Ref' required in the endorsement box,
not in the form of payment box.
* Travelling in a cabin other than that paid for - removed from 00
paragraph and amended in reservations (5) paragraph
* New exception (Paragraph 15,sales restrictions) - for travel originating in
the United States and sold in Canada, the applicable USD fare converted to
CAD at the bank selling rate shall apply.
oneworld Explorer Fare Rule 3015, oneworld Circle Trip Explorer Fare Rule
3030, oneworld Circle Pacific Explorer Fare Rule 7889, oneworld Circle Asia and
SWP Explorer Fare Rule 3040 and Global Explorer Fare Rule 9701 are updated.
Oct 20, 2007 | 2:15 pm
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Have you tried a Canadian travel agent? If I understand the new rule correctly, buying it in Canada (flying ex-BUF) would cost U$6200 (for 26K, Business) converted to C$. At today's rate that's less than C$6200, vs. C$7900(!) for starting in Canada or booking in Canada under the general rules (as I understand them).
=aw
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Oct 22, 2007 | 11:10 pm
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I have one question.
On a ticket starting in the Far East can one
travel to SWP and then travel to Europe or is
that counted as backtracking.
Thanks
On a ticket starting in the Far East can one
travel to SWP and then travel to Europe or is
that counted as backtracking.
Thanks
Oct 23, 2007 | 12:23 am
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Basically, with xONEx's, the "Far East" is referred to as "Asia" which is in TC3.
SWP is the other part of TC3 (TC1 being the Americas and TC2 is Europe and Africa.)
For xONEx, travel must be on of the following directions:
SWP is the other part of TC3 (TC1 being the Americas and TC2 is Europe and Africa.)
For xONEx, travel must be on of the following directions:
- TC1->TC2->TC3->TC1
- TC2->TC3->TC1->TC2
- TC3->TC1->TC2->TC3
- TC1->TC3->TC2->TC1
- TC3->TC2->TC1->TC3 or
- TC2->TC3->TC1->TC2
Dec 5, 2007 | 10:59 am
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Revised Sabre Star File 1 Dec 2007
Here's the latest Sabre universal star file for the OWE with an effective date of 1 Dec 07. I'll try to clean up the messy format over the next couple of days.
Code:
U STAR ID - ONE EXPLORER
0S ONEWORLD RTW EXPLORER FARE
1N .
2N OVERVIEW
3N ---------
4N ONE EXPLORER - TARIFF - ONEWORLD RTW EXPLORER FARE
5N .
6N .
7N UNIVERSAL STAR REFERENCE
8N -------------------------
9N .
10N DATA IN THIS FILE IS CONTAINED IN THE UNIVERSAL SABRE
11N STAR N*/ONE EXPLORER, N*/ONE EXPLORER P2-P5.
12N .
13N .
14N RELATED INFORMATION
15N --------------------
16N .
17N FOR INFORMATION ON THIS FARE, PLEASE CALL THE AROUND
18N THE WORLD DESK AT 1-800-247-3247.
19N KA ADDED EFFECTIVE NOVEMBER 1, 2007.
20N .
21N .
22N GOVERNING RULE
23N ---------------
24N .
25N .
26N . TARIFF RWR1
27N .
28N . AREA RW
29N .
30N . RULE 3015
31N .
32N . CARRIER AA A
33N . ND/O
34N . R BA
35N
36N .
37N FARE BASIS
38N -----------
39N .
40N .
41N . AONEX DONEX LHONEX LLONEX
42N .
43N X IS THE NUMBER OF CONTINENTS.
44N .
45N .
46N APPLICATION
47N ------------
48N .
49N . 1. APPLIES TO FIRST CLASS, BUSINESS CLASS AND
50N . ECONOMY CLASS, RTW TRAVEL VIA
51N . .
52N . AA EG JO MA
53N . XL
54N .
55N . AY IB KA NU
56N . 4M
57N . .
58N . BA JC LA
59N . QF
60N . .
61N . CX JL LP
62N . RJ
63N . .
64N . 2. TRAVEL ON CODESHARES OPERATED BY THE CARRIERS
65N . LISTED ABOVE IS PERMITTED. OTHER CODESHARE
66N . SERVICES NOT PERMITTED.
67N . .
68N . --------------------------------------------------
69N . -----
70N . EXCEPTION EXCEPTION 1:
71N . FOR TICKETS ISSUED ON/AFTER JULY 1, 2005, TRAVEL
72N . NOT
73N . PERMITTED ON CX BETWEEN HONG KONG AND HANOI.
74N . .
75N . 3. ALL AFFILIATE CARRIER FLIGHTS MUST BE BOOKED
76N . USING AA/BA/IB/JC/JL/LA/NU/QF/XL/4M DESIGNATORS.
77N . VIEW ONEWORLD AFFILIATE CARRIERS,ONE AFFILIATES
78N . /N*/ONE AFFILIATES/
79N . 4. TRAVEL MUST BEGIN AND END THE THE SAME POINT
80N . EXCEPT ORIGIN-DESTINATION SURFACE PERMITTED AS
81N . FOLLOWS:
82N . * WITHIN COUNTRY OF ORIGIN
83N . * BETWEEN U.S.A-CANADA
84N . * WITHIN AFRICA
85N . * WITHIN THE MIDDLE EAST
86N . * BETWEEN HKG-CHINA
87N . * BETWEEN MALAYSIA-SIN
88N . 5. FARES APPLY ONLY IF PURCHASED PRIOR TO
89N . DEPARTURE FROM POINT OF ORIGIN.
90N .
91N BOOKING CODE
92N -------------
93N .
94N FOR FLIGHTS WHERE NO FIRST/BUSINESS CLASS IS AVAILABLE
95N OR OFFERED, FIRST CLASS PASSENGERS WILL TRAVEL IN
96N BUSINESS/ECONOMY CLASS AND BUSINESS CLASS PASSENGERS
97N WILL TRAVEL IN ECONOMY CLASS. THE FARE FOR THE
98N HIGHEST CLASS USED APPLIES AND NO REFUND WILL BE
99N GIVEN. VIEW ONE BOOKING CODES /N*/ONE BOOKING CODES/
100N .
101N .
102N -------------------------------------------------------
103N . EXCEPTION
104N FOR SERVICES WITHIN/BETWEEN THE US AND CANADA WHERE NO
105N D CLASS IS OFFERED, BUSINESS CLASS PASSENGERS MAY BOOK
106N AND TRAVEL IN A CLASS, SUBJECT TO AVAILABILITY. THIS
107N PROVISION DOES NOT APPLY ON ANY FLIGHT WHERE BUSINESS
108N CLASS CABIN EXISTS BUT IS UNAVAILABLE FOR BOOKING.
109N .
110N .
111N FARES
112N -------
113N .
114N . 1. THE FARE PAID IS APPLICABLE WHEN INTERNATIONAL
115N . TRAVEL ACTUALLY COMMENCES IN THE COUNTRY OF THE
116N . POINT OF ORIGIN SHOWN ON THE TICKET. VIEW ONE
117N . EXPLORER FARES /N*/ONE EXPLORER FARES/
118N . 2. THE FARE TO BE CHARGED IS DETERMINED BY THE
119N . NUMBER OF CONTINENTS IN THE ITINERARY /INCLUDING
120N . THE CONTINENT OF ORIGIN/.
121N . 3. WHEN TRAVEL ORIGINATES IN A COUNTRY FOR WHICH
122N . A SPECIFIC LOCAL CURRENCY FARE IS PUBLISHED AND
123N . TICKET IS SOLD IN ANOTHER COUNTRY, THE FARE WILL
124N . BE THAT PUBLISHED FOR THE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN
125N . CONVERTED TO THE CURRENCY OF THE COUNTRY OF SALE
126N . AT THE BSR. THE RESULTANT FARE MUST NOT BE LOWER
127N . THAN FROM THE COUNTRY OF SALE, SEE MINUMUM FARE
128N . CHECK BELOW.
129N . --------------------------------------------------
130N . -----
131N . EXCEPTION NOT APPLICABLE
132N . FOR SALES MADE AND/OR TRAVEL ORIGINATING IN CANADA
133N . .
134N .
135N DEFINITION OF CONTINENTS
136N -------------------------
137N .
138N THE CONTINENTS AND THE COUNTRIES CONTAINED THEREIN ARE
139N DEFINED AS:
140N .
141N ------------------------------------------------------
142N I CONTINENT I COUNTRY/REGION I
143N ------------------------------------------------------
144N I NORTH I UNITED I
145N I AMERICA I STATES/CANADA/MEXICO/CARIBBEAN I
146N I I AREA/CENTRAL AMERICA/PANAMA I
147N ------------------------------------------------------
148N I SOUTH I ALL OF SOUTH AMERICA /EXCLUDING I
149N I AMERICA I PANAMA/ I
150N ------------------------------------------------------
151N I EUROPE/MIDDL I ALL OF EUROPE /INCLUDING ALGERIA, I
152N I E EAST I MOROCCO, TUNISIA/ I
153N I I ALL OF MIDDLE EAST /INCLUDING I
154N I I EGYPT, SUDAN/ I
155N ------------------------------------------------------
156N I AFRICA I ALL OF AFRICA /EXCLUDING ALGERIA, I
157N I I EGYPT, MOROCCO, TUNISIA, SUDAN/ I
158N ------------------------------------------------------
159N I ASIA I ALL OF ASIA /EXCLUDING THE SOUTH I
160N I I WEST PACIFIC/ I
161N ------------------------------------------------------
162N I SOUTH WEST I ALL OF SOUTH WEST PACIFIC I
163N I PACIFIC I I
164N ------------------------------------------------------
165N .
166N SEASONS
167N --------
168N .
169N VIEW /N*/ONE AFFILIATES/ ONE EXPLORER FARES /N*/ONE
170N EXPLORER FARES/
171N .
172N .
173N . * FIRST CLASS/BUSINESS CLASS - ALL YEAR
174N . * ECONOMY CLASS - DETERMINED BY THE COUNTRY OF
175N . TICKET ORIGIN. THE DATE OF THE FIRST
176N . INTERCONTINENTAL SECTOR DETERMINES THE APPLICABLE
177N . SEASONAL FARE FOR THE ENTIRE JOURNEY.
178N . SEASONALITY WILL BE DETERMINED BY THE COUNTRY OF
179N . COMMENCEMENT OF TRAVEL. IF THE OUTBOUND
180N . INTERCONTINENTAL SECTOR IS OPEN DATED, CHARGE THE
181N . PEAK SEASON FARE.
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1N .
2N MINIMUM STAY
3N -------------
4N .
5N TRAVEL FROM THE LAST INTERNATIONAL SECTOR MUST
6N COMMENCE NO EARLIER THAN 10 DAYS AFTER COMMENCE
7N THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL SECTOR.
8N .
9N -----------------------------------------------
10N . EXCEPTION
11N ORIGINATING EUROPE - TRAVEL ON THE LAST
12N INTERCONTINENTAL SEGMENT MUST COMMENCE NO
13N EARLIER THAN 10 DAYS AFTER COMMENCEMENT OF THE
14N INTERCONTINENTAL SEGMENT.
15N .
16N -----------------------------------------------
17N . EXCEPTION
18N ORIGINATING SWP/HKG/JAPAN - FIRST CLASS/BUSINES
19N - NONE
20N .
21N .
22N MAXIMUM STAY
23N -------------
24N .
25N RETURN TRAVEL FROM THE LAST STOPOVER POINT MUST
26N COMMENCE NO LATER THAN12 MONTHS AFTER DEPARTURE
27N .
28N .
29N STOPOVERS
30N ----------
31N .
32N MAXIMUM 2
33N STOPOVERS PERMITTED IN THE CONTINENT OF ORIGIN.
34N .
35N NO RESTRICTION FOR STOPOVER AT POINT OF ORIGIN.
36N NO STOPOVER PERMITTED IN HONG KONG IF TRAVEL IS
37N HKG-FCO
38N ON QF 3860/3861.
39N .
40N .
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1N .
2N FLIGHT SEGMENTS
3N ----------------
4N .
5N . 1. 3 SEGMENT MINIMUM REQUIRED
6N . 2. 20 SEGMENT MAXIMUM PERMITTED, INCLUDING
7N . SURFACE SEGMENTS* AND FREE/PURCHASED FLIGHT
8N . SEGMENTS FOR THIS FARE.
9N . *SURFACE SEGMENTS NOT COUNTED AS SEGMENTS FOR
10N . TICKETS ISSUED PRIOR TO 01JUL07
11N . 3. FREE FLIGHT SEGMENTS WITHIN EACH CONTINENT ARE
12N . LIMITED AS FOLLOWS:
13N . ---------------------------------------
14N .
15N . I CONTINENT I NUMBER OF FREE
16N . I
17N . I I FLIGHT SEGMENTS
18N . I
19N . ---------------------------------------
20N .
21N . I AFRICA I 4
22N . I
23N . ---------------------------------------
24N .
25N . I ASIA I 4
26N . I
27N . ---------------------------------------
28N .
29N . I NORTH AMERICA I 6
30N . I
31N . ---------------------------------------
32N .
33N . I SOUTH AMERICA I 4
34N . I
35N . ---------------------------------------
36N .
37N . I SOUTH WEST I 4
38N . I
39N . I PACIFIC I
40N . I
41N . ---------------------------------------
42N .
43N . I EUROPE/MIDDLE I 4 /SEE NOTE 1./
44N . I
45N . I EAST I
46N . I
47N . ---------------------------------------
48N .
49N . --------------------------------------------------
50N . -----
51N . NOTE NO MORE THAN 2 FREE
52N . FLIGHT SEGMENTS BETWEEN THE U.K. AND:
53N . .
54N . .
55N . ALGERIA ARMENIA AZERBAI BAHRAIN BULGARIA
56N . CYPRUS
57N .
58N . JAN
59N . .
60N . EGYPT GEORGIA GREECE IRAN ISRAEL
61N . JORDAN
62N . .
63N . KUWAIT LEBANON MACEDON MALTA MOROCCO
64N . OMAN
65N .
66N . IA
67N . .
68N . FUNCHAL QATAR ROMANIA RUSSIA SAUDI
69N . SYRIAN
70N . , PORTU ARABIA
71N . ARAB RE
72N . GAL
73N . PUBLIC
74N . .
75N . TUNISIA UNITED UKRAINE YUGOSLAVI SERBIA -
76N . CROATIA
77N . ARAB EM A
78N . MONTENEGR
79N . IRATES
80N . O
81N . .
82N . 4. 2 ADDITIONAL FLIGHT SEGMENTS WITHIN EACH
83N . CONTINENT, EXCEPT THE CONTINENT OF ORIGIN MAY BE
84N . PURCHASED. EACH ADDITIONAL FLIGHT SEGMENT MAY BE
85N . PURCHASED AT A CHARGE OF:
86N . --------------------------------------------------
87N . ----
88N . I FIRST CLASS I BUSINESS CLASS I ECONOMY
89N . CLASS I
90N . --------------------------------------------------
91N . ----
92N . I USD $550.00 I USD $400.00 I USD
93N . $150.00 I
94N . --------------------------------------------------
95N . ----
96N . I AUD 750.00 I AUD 500.00 I AUD
97N . 200.00 I
98N . --------------------------------------------------
99N . ----
100N . I GBP 350.00 I GBP 200.00 I GBP
101N . 75.00 I
102N . --------------------------------------------------
103N . ----
104N . I HKD 4300 I HKD 3200 I HKD
105N . 1200 I
106N . --------------------------------------------------
107N . ----
108N . I EUR 450.00 I EUR 300.00 I EUR
109N . 100.00 I
110N . --------------------------------------------------
111N . ----
112N . I JPY 65000 I JPY 48000 I JPY
113N . 18000 I
114N . --------------------------------------------------
115N . ----
116N . --------------------------------------------------
117N . -----
118N . EXCEPTION MAXIMUM 2 FLIGHT
119N . SEGMENTS TOTAL* /FREE + PURCHASED TOGETHER/
120N . BETWEEN THE U.K. AND:
121N . .
122N . .
123N . ALGERIA ARMENIA AZERBAI BAHRAIN BULGARIA
124N . CYPRUS
125N .
126N . JAN
127N . .
128N . EGYPT GEORGIA GREECE IRAN ISRAEL
129N . JORDAN
130N . .
MD
131N . KUWAIT LEBANON MACEDON MALTA MOROCCO
132N . OMAN
133N .
134N . IA
135N . .
136N . FUNCHAL QATAR ROMANIA RUSSIA SAUDI
137N . SYRIAN
138N . , PORTU ARABIA
139N . ARAB RE
140N . GAL
141N . PUBLIC
142N . .
143N . TUNISIA UNITED UKRAINE YUGOSLAVI SERBIA -
144N . CROATIA
145N . ARAB EM A
146N . MONTENEGR
147N . IRATES
148N . O
149N . .
150N . /*PER R.RUMMELL/30APR07/
151N . 5. THE FARE CLASS OF THE PURCHASED FLIGHT
152N . SEGMENTS MAY BE LOWER THAN THAT OF THE ONEWORLD
153N . EXPLORER.
154N . 6. IF CURRENCY OF THE TICKET ORIGIN IS NOT SHOWN,
155N . CONVERT THE USD AMOUNT AT THE BSR IF CURRENCY OF
156N . COUNTRY OF ORIGIN IS NOT SHOWN.
157N . --------------------------------------------------
158N . -----
159N . EXCEPTION ORIGINATING NEW
160N . ZEALAND - CONVERT THE AUD AMOUNT AT BSR.
161N . .
162N . 7. THE CHARGE IS SHOWN AS A Q IN THE FARE
163N . CALCULATION LINE FOLLOWING THE CITY PAIR.
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1N .
2N RESERVATIONS/TICKETING
3N -----------------------
4N .
5N . 1. RESERVATIONS AND TICKETING FOR THE FIRST
6N . INTERNATIONAL FLIGHT AND ALL PRECEDING FLIGHTS
7N . ARE REQUIRED AS OUTLINED IN THE CHARTS BELOW.
8N . 2. ALL OTHER SEGMENTS MAY BE OPEN.
9N ORIGIN IN AREA 1
10N .
11N X INDICATES NUMBER OF DAYS
12N .
13N ------------------------------------------------------
14N I FARE BASIS I RESERVATIONS I TICKET MUST BE I
15N I I ARE MADE X I ISSUED: I
16N I I DAYS PRIOR TO I I
17N I I DEPARTURE OF I I
18N I I FIRST FLIGHT I I
19N ------------------------------------------------------
20N I AONE I 7 DAYS I 7 DAYS PRIOR TO I
21N I I I DEPARTURE I
22N ------------------------------------------------------
23N I DONE I 7 DAYS I 7 DAYS PRIOR TO I
24N I I I DEPARTURE I
25N ------------------------------------------------------
26N I L-ONE I 22 OR MORE I 21 DAYS PRIOR TO I
27N I I DAYS I DEPARTURE I
28N ------------------------------------------------------
29N I I 21 TO 8 DAYS I 7 DAYS PRIOR TO I
30N I I I DEPARTURE I
31N ------------------------------------------------------
32N ORIGIN IN AREA 2/3
33N .
34N X INDICATES NUMBER OF DAYS
35N .
36N ------------------------------------------------------
37N I FARE BASIS I RESERVATIONS I TICKET MUST BE I
38N I I ARE MADE X I ISSUED : I
39N I I DAYS PRIOR TO I I
40N I I DEPARTURE OF I I
41N I I FIRST FLIGHT I I
42N ------------------------------------------------------
43N I AONE I ANYTIME I 1 HOUR PRIOR TO I
44N I I I DEPARTURE I
45N ------------------------------------------------------
46N I DONE I ANYTIME I 1 HOUR PRIOR TO I
47N I I I DEPARTURE I
48N ------------------------------------------------------
49N I L-ONE I 22 OR MORE I 21 DAYS PRIOR TO I
50N I I DAYS I DEPARTURE I
51N ------------------------------------------------------
52N I I 21 TO 8 DAYS I 7 DAYS PRIOR TO I
53N I I I DEPARTURE I
54N ------------------------------------------------------
55N I I 7 DAYS OR LESS I PRIOR TO DEPARTURE I
56N ------------------------------------------------------
57N TICKET INSTRUCTIONS
58N .
59N . 1. TICKETS MUST BE ISSUED ON THE TICKET STOCK OF
60N . AA/AY/BA/CX/EG/IB/JL/KA/LA/LP/MA/QF/RJ/XL/4M.
61N . 2. FOP BOX MUST SHOW: NON-REF /DISCONTINUED IN
62N . FOP BOX EFFECTIVE OCT 1, 2007/.
63N . 3. ENDORSEMENT BOX OF THE ORIGINAL AND ALL
64N . REISSUED TICKETS MUST SHOW:
65N . VALID ON ONEWORLD ONLY/NONREF
66N .
67N YQ FEES
68N --------
69N .
70N EFFECTIVE FOR TICKETS ISSUED ON/AFTER JANUARY 15, 2007
71N EFFECTIVE FOR TICKETS ISSUED ON/AFTER AUGUST 22, 2007
72N COLLECT YQ FEES AS FOLLOWS:
73N .
74N ------------------------------------------------------
75N I FOR EACH AA I ORIGINATING I ORIGINAT I ORIGINAT I
76N I TRANSOCEANIC I AREA 1 I ING I ING I
77N I FLIGHT: I I AREA 2 I AREA 3 I
78N ------------------------------------------------------
79N I VIA AT I USD 75.00 I USD I USD I
80N I . I USD 85.00 I 75.00 I 75.00 I
81N I EXCEPTION: AA I USD125.00 I USD I USD I
82N I NONSTOP CHI- I USD135.00 I 85.00 I 85.00 I
83N I DEL I I USD I USD I
84N I I I 75.00 I 75.00 I
85N I I I USD I USD I
86N I I I 85.00 I 85.00 I
87N ------------------------------------------------------
88N I VIA PA I USD 90.00 I USD I USD I
89N I EXCEPTION: I USD115.00 I 75.00 I 90.00 I
90N I ORIGINATING I - I USD I USD I
91N I JAPAN I I 115.00 I 115.00 I
92N I I I - I JPY I
93N I I I I 11000 I
94N I I I I JPY I
95N I I I I 12000 I
96N ------------------------------------------------------
97N .
98N SURCHARGES
99N -----------
100N .
101N EFFECTIVE FOR TICKETS ISSUED ON/AFTER MARCH 1, 2006
102N THROUGH JANUARY 14, 2007.
103N .
104N COLLECT FUEL SURCHARGES AS FOLLOWS:
105N .
106N ------------------------------------------------------
107N I AA TRANSATLANTIC I 75.00USD* I
108N I FLIGHTS EXCEPT ORD-DEL I I
109N ------------------------------------------------------
110N I AA NON-STOP ORD-DEL I 125.00USD* I
111N ------------------------------------------------------
112N I AA TRANSPACIFIC FLIGHTS I 90.00USD* I
113N I EXCEPT: I 11000JPY* I
114N I TICKETS ORIGINATING IN I I
115N I JAPAN, FOR FLIGHTS I I
116N I BETWEEN JAPAN - US I I
117N ------------------------------------------------------
118N I AA NON-STOP/DIRECT I 75.00USD I
119N I FLIGHTS BETWEEN THE US - I I
120N I AR/BR/CL/UY I I
121N ------------------------------------------------------
122N THESE SURCHARGES MAY NOT BE PUBLISHED AT THE SAME
123N AMOUNTS THAT ARE OFFERED IN THE FILE SURCHARGE PER
124N RULE 64.
125N .
126N *NEW LEVELS,
127N EFFECTIVE FOR TICKETS
128N ISSUED ON/AFTER OCTOBER 4, 2006.
129N .
130N .
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1N .
2N ROUTING
3N --------
4N .
5N -------------------------------------------------------
6N . NOTE
7N VIEW CUBA TRAVEL RESTRICTION ON AA
8N .
9N . 1. TRAVEL MUST BE VIA THE ATLANTIC AND PACIFIC
10N . OCEANS. ONLY 1 CROSSING OF EACH OCEAN IS
11N . PERMITTED.
12N . 2. INTERMEDIATE SURFACE SECTORS ARE PERMITTED AT
13N . THE
14N . PASSENGER*S EXPENSE. TRANSOCEANIC SURFACE
15N . SECTORS
16N . BETWEEN AREA 1 AND AREA 2/3 ARE NOT PERMITTED.
17N . --------------------------------------------------
18N . -----
19N .
20N . EXCEPTION
21N . ORIGINATING IN THE SWP - ONE TRANSOCEANIC
22N . SURFACE
23N . SECTOR BETWEEN AREA 1 AND AREA 2/3 IS PERMITTED.
24N . .
25N . 3. GROUND TRANSPORTATION SERVICES OPERATED BY/FOR
26N . BA/QF MAY NOT BE INCLUDED AS PART OF THE ONEWORLD
27N . EXPLORER.
28N . 4. TRAVEL MUST BE IN A CONTINUOUS FORWARD
29N . DIRECTION BETWEEN AREA 1-AREA-2-AREA 3.
30N . BACKTRACK WITHIN A CONTINENT IS PERMITTED EXCEPT
31N . AS FOLLOWS:
32N . -BACKTRACK BETWEEN HAWAII AND THE CONTINENTAL US
33N . INCLUDING PRVI//CANADA NOT PERMITTED.
34N . 5. TRAVEL MAY NOT BE VIA THE POINT OF ORIGIN.
35N . 6. ONLY 1 INTERCONTINENTAL DEPARTURE AND 1
36N . INTERCONTINENTAL ARRIVAL PERMITTED IN EACH
37N . CONTINENT EXCEPT AS FOLLOWS:
38N . * 2 PERMITTED IN NORTH AMERICA WHEN 1 IS A
39N . TRANSFER WITHOUT STOPOVER.
40N . * 2 PERMITTED IN ASIA WHEN 1 IS A TRANSFER
41N . WITHOUT STOPOVER OR ON DIRECT SINGLE PLANE
42N . SERVICE BETWEEN THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC AND
43N . EUROPE.
44N . * 2 PERMITTED IN EUROPE WHEN 1 IS A TRANSFER
45N . WITHOUT STOPOVER BETWEEN
46N . GHANA/NIGERIA/KENYA/UGANDA/TANZANIA AND
47N . ANOTHER
48N . CONTINENT.
49N . 7. 1 INTERNATIONAL DEPARTURE AND 1 INTERNATIONAL
50N . ARRIVAL
51N . FROM/TO THE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN PERMITTED.
52N . --------------------------------------------------
53N . -----
54N .
55N . EXCEPTION
56N . ORIGINATING USA - 2 PERMITTED WHEN 1 ARRIVAL-
57N . DEPARTURE
58N . IS A TRANSIT WITHOUT STOPOVER.
59N . .
60N . --------------------------------------------------
61N . -----
62N .
63N . NOTE
64N . TRAVEL BETWEEN US AND CANADA IS NOT COUNTED AS
65N . INTERNATIONAL.
66N . .
67N . 8. TRAVEL BETWEEN AUSTRALIA AND EUROPE ON A
68N . SINGLE FLIGHT NUMBER OR AS A SURFACE SEGMENT IS
69N . CONSIDERED TRAVEL THROUGH 3 CONTINENTS /SWP-ASIA-
70N . EUROPE./
71N . 9. WITHIN THE US/CANADA-
72N . * ONLY 1 NONSTOP OR SINGLE PLANE
73N . TRANSCONTINENTAL
74N . FLIGHT PERMITTED.
75N . TRANSCONTINENTAL FLIGHT IS DEFINED AS TRAVEL
76N . BETWEEN THE FOLLOWING CITIES:
77N .
78N . BWI/BOS/FLL/BDL/MIA/EWR/NYC/ORL/PHL/SJU/YYZ/WAS
79N . AND
80N . LAS/LGB/LAX/OAK/SNA/PDX/SAN/SFO/SEA/SJC/YVR
81N . * ONLY 1 FLIGHT TO ANC AND 1 FLIGHT FROM ANC
82N . PERMITTED.
83N . * ONLY 1 FLIGHT BETWEEN HAWAII AND THE
84N . CONTINENTAL US INCLUDING PRVI/CANADA
85N . 10. WITHIN AUSTRALIA -.
86N . ONLY 1 NONSTOP OR SINGLE PLANE FLIGHT PERMITTED
87N . BETWEEN THE FOLLOWING
88N . CITIES:
89N . .
90N . * BNE/CNS/SYD/MEL AND PER /SEE EXCEPTIONS
91N . BELOW/
92N . * MEL/SYD AND DRW
93N . * MEL/SYD AND BME
94N . --------------------------------------------
95N . ------
96N . -----
97N .
98N . EXCEPTION
99N . EXCEPTION 1:
100N . NO RESTRICTION BETWEEN SYD/MEL-PER FOR
101N . PASSENGERS
102N . ORIGINATING IN PER WHEN IN CONJUNCTION WITH
103N . TRAVEL
104N . TO/FROM JNB/BOM/SHA/PEK.
105N . EXCEPTION 2:
106N . NO RESTRICTION BETWEEN SYD/MEL-PER FOR
107N . PASSENGERS
108N . ORIGINATING NEW ZEALAND WHEN IN CONJUNCTION
109N . WITH
110N . TRAVEL TO/FROM JNB.
111N . .
112N . 11. NON-STOP TRANSATLANTIC TRAVEL ON AA BETWEEN
113N . DEL AND CHI /ORD/ IS PERMITTED.
114N . FOR TRAVEL ORIGINATING IN SOUTH AMERICA OR
115N . SOUTHWEST PACIFIC - WHEN THIS SERVICE IS USED,
116N . A MINIMUM OF A 4 CONTINENT FARE MUST BE CHARGED.
117N . FOR TRAVEL ORIGINATING IN NORTH AMERICA OR ASIA -
118N . WHEN THIS SERVICE IS USED, A MINIMUM OF A 3
119N . CONTINENT FARE MUST BE CHARGED.
120N . 12. INTERMEDIATE SURFACE SEGMENTS PERMITTED BUT
121N . WILL BE COUNTED AS TRAVEL TOWARD THE NUMBER OF
122N . CONTINENTS ALLOWED. SEE SEE 5 ABOVE.
123N .
124N COMBINATIONS
125N -------------
126N .
127N NONE PERMITTED.
128N .
129N .
130N WORLD TRAVELLER PLUS OPTION
131N ----------------------------
132N .
133N . 1. ECONOMY CLASS PASSENGERS MAY TRAVEL IN BA
134N . WORLD
135N . TRAVELLER PLUS CABIN FOR AN ADDITIONAL CHARGE OF
136N . USD300/AUD600 PER FLIGHT SEGMENT.
137N . --------------------------------------------------
138N . -----
139N .
140N . EXCEPTION
141N . FOR DIRECT FLIGHTS BETWEEN LONMEL AND LONSYD THE
142N . CHARGE WILL BE USD450/AUD900.
143N . .
144N . 2. IDENTIFY AS A -Q- IN THE FARE CALCULATION.
145N . 3. CHILD/INFANT DISCOUNTS APPLY.
146N . 4. FOR TICKETS NOT ISSUED IN USD/AUD CONVERT THE
147N . USD
148N . AMOUNT AT THE BSR.
149N . --------------------------------------------------
150N . -----
151N .
152N . EXCEPTION
153N . FOR TICKETS ISSUED IN NZD, CONVERT THE AUD AMOUNT
154N . AT
155N . THE BSR.
156N . .
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1N .
2N CHANGES
3N --------
4N .
5N PRIOR TO DEPARTURE
6N .
7N TRAVEL ORIGINATING AREA 1:
8N BEFORE TICKET ISSUANCE
9N PERMITTED WITHOUT PENALTY
10N AFTER TICKETING ISSUANCE
11N . 1. CHANGES TO THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL FLIGHT AND
12N . PRECEDING FLIGHTS ARE NOT PERMITTED LESS THAN 7
13N . DAYS PRIOR TO THE DATE OF THE FIRST TICKETED
14N . FLIGHT.
15N . 2. DATE/TIME AND ONEWORLD CARRIER CHANGES ARE
16N . PERMITTED WITHOUT REISSUE PROVIDED ORIGIN,
17N . DESTINATION, CONNECTING POINTS AND INVENTORY
18N . REMAIN THE SAME.
19N . 3. CHANGES OTHER THAN DATE/TIME/ONEWORLD CARRIER
20N . ARE PERMITTED AT A CHARGE OF USD 125.00.
21N . CHILD/INFANT DISCOUNT DOES NOT APPLY. THE TICKET
22N . MUST BE REISSUED.
23N TRAVEL ORIGINATING AREA 2/3:
24N . 1. UNLIMITED CHANGES PERMITTED WITHOUT CHARGE.
25N . 2. DATE/TIME AND ONEWORLD CARRIER CHANGES ARE
26N . PERMITTED WITHOUT REISSUE PROVIDED ORIGIN,
27N . DESTINATION, CONNECTING POINTS AND INVENTORY
28N . REMAIN THE SAME.
29N LOCAL SERVICE FEES MAY APPLY.
30N .
31N AFTER DEPARTURE:
32N TRAVEL ORIGINATING AREA 1/2/3
33N .
34N . 1. DATE/TIME AND ONEWORLD CARRIER CHANGES ARE
35N . PERMITTED WITHOUT REISSUE PROVIDED ORIGIN,
36N . DESTINATION, CONNECTING POINTS AND INVENTORY
37N . REMAIN THE SAME.
38N . 2. ROUTING CHANGES OTHER THAN DATE/TIME AND
39N . ONEWORLD CARRIER PERMITTED AT A CHARGE OF
40N . USD125.00 PER TRANSACTION. CHILD/INFANT DISCOUNT
41N . DOES NOT APPLY.
42N . 3. IF THE REROUTING RESULTS IN AN INCREASE TO THE
43N . NUMBER OF CONTINENTS/EXTRA FLIGHT SEGMENTS
44N . PREVIOUSLY CHARGED, THE TICKET SHALL BE
45N . RECALCULATED. TICKETS MAY BE REISSUED TO A
46N . HIGHER FARE AND THE INCREASE IN FARE WILL BE
47N . COLLECTED. WHEN THE REROUTING RESULTS IN A
48N . REDUCTION TO THE NUMBER OF CONTINENTS OR EXTRA
49N . FLIGHT SEGMENTS PREVIOUSLY CHARGED, NO REFUND
50N . WILL BE GIVEN, NO REFUND WILL APPLY.
51N LOCAL SERVICE FEES MAY APPLY.
52N .
53N AT ANY TIME:
54N .
55N . 1. IN THE CASE OF CERTIFIED DEATH/ILLNESS OF THE
56N . PASSENGER, THE PASSENGER*S IMMEDIATE FAMILY
57N . MEMBER OR AN ACCOMPANYING PASSENGER REROUTING IS
58N . PERMITTED FREE.
59N . 2. IF THE CURRENCY OF THE COUNTRY OF TICKET
60N . ORIGIN IS NOT SHOWN, CONVERT THE USD AMOUNT AT
61N . THE BSR.
62N .
63N REFUNDS/CANCELLATIONS
64N ----------------------
65N .
66N PRIOR TO DEPARTURE
67N BEFORE TICKETING DEADLINE:
68N .
69N FULL REFUND
70N .
71N AFTER TICKETING DEADLINE:
72N .
73N . 1. ORIGIN AREA 1 - CANCELLATION PENALTY IS 10%
74N . OF THE TICKETED AMOUNT.
75N . ORIGIN AREA 2/3 - NO PENALTY
76N . 2. CERTIFIED DEATH/ILLNESS OF THE PASSENGER, THE
77N . PASSENGER*S IMMEDIATE FAMILY OR AN ACCOMPANYING
78N . PASSENGER - FULL REFUND
79N . 3. IN CASE OF REFUSAL OF OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS,
80N . ENTRY PERMITS OR VISA. A FULL REFUND WILL APPLY
81N . PROVIDED OFFICIAL DOCUMENTATION FROM THE APPROVED
82N . AUTHORITY IS PRODUCED AND ATTACHED TO THE REFUND
83N . REQUEST.
84N LOCAL SERVICE FEES MAY APPLY.
85N .
86N AFTER DEPARTURE
87N .
88N . 1. 10% OF THE TICKETED AMOUNT
89N . --------------------------------------------------
90N . -----
91N .
92N . EXCEPTION
93N . EXCEPTION 1:
94N . ORIGIN SWP - NO PENALTY
95N . EXCEPTION 2:
96N . ORIGIN JAPAN - JPY 50000 OR 10% OF THE TICKETED
97N . AMOUNT, WHICHEVER IS LOWER
98N . .
99N . 2. FOR PARTIALLY USED TRANSPORTATION, THE REFUND,
100N . IF ANY, WILL BE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE FARE
101N . PAID AND THE FARE FOR THE TRANSPORTATION USED
102N . LESS THE PENALTY SPECIFIED ABOVE.
103N . 3. IN CASE OF CERTIFIED DEATH/ILLNESS OF THE
104N . PASSENGER, THE PASSENGER*S IMMEDIATE FAMILY
105N . MEMBER OR AN ACCOMPANYING PASSENGER, NO PENALTY
106N . WILL APPLY.
107N LOCAL SERVICE FEES MAY APPLY.
108N .
109N .
110N UPGRADING
111N ----------
112N .
113N UPGRADING PRIOR TO DEPARTURE, THE ADVANCE
114N RESERVATION/TICKETING REQUIREMENTS OF THE NEW FARE
115N MUST BE MET.
116N .
117N . * AN ECONOMY ONEWORLD EXPLORER FARE MAY BE
118N . UPGRADED TO FIRST/BUSINESS CLASS ONEWORLD
119N . EXPLORER FARES WITHOUT PENALTY.
120N . * A BUSINESS CLASS ONEWORLD EXPLORER FARES MAY BE
121N . UPGRADED TO A FIRST CLASS ONEWORLD EXPLORER FARE
122N . WITHOUT PENALTY.
123N . * UPGRADING BY SECTOR TO BUSINESS/FIRST CLASS IS
124N . NOT PERMITTED.
125N . * AADVANTAGE UPGRADE AWARDS ARE PERMITTED ON AA
126N . SECTORS ONLY. AADVANTAGE UPGRADES ON OTHER
127N . AIRLINE PARTNER SECTORS ARE NOT PERMITTED.
128N . * ELECTRONIC UPGRADES ALLOWED ON US DOMESTIC AND
129N . US/CANADA TRANSBORDER SEGMENTS ONLY.
130N . * AT ANY TIME, THE ONEWORLD EXPLORER FARE MAY BE
131N . USED AS CREDIT TOWARDS A FULL MILEAGE FARE OR
132N . GLOBAL EXPLORER FARE, PROVIDED ALL THE FARE RULES
133N . ARE MET. NO PENALTY WILL APPLY. REISSUED
134N . TICKETS MUST SHOW IN THE ENDORSEMENT BOX: NON-
135N . REF/XXX
136N . /THE XXX INDICATES THE ONEWORLD EXPLORER FARE
137N . BASIS CODE./ THE ORIGINAL NON-REFUNDABLE AMOUNT
138N . REMAINS NON-REFUNDABLE. IF THE UPGRADED TICKET IS
139N . SUBSEQUENTLY CANCELLED, THE ORIGINAL PENALTY WILL
140N . APPLY.
141N LOCAL SERVICE
142N FEES MAY APPLY.
143N .
144N .
145N CHILDREN/INFANT DISCOUNTS
146N --------------------------
147N .
148N CHILD
149N .
150N . * ACCOMPANIED CHILDREN AGES 2-11 YEARS - 75% OF
151N . THE APPLICABLE ADULT FARE
152N . * UNACCOMPANIED CHILDREN ARE NOT ACCEPTED.
153N . * TICKET CODE - ADULT FARE BASIS PLUS CH
154N . * DISCOUNT ALSO APPLIES TO ADDITIONAL SEGMENT
155N . CHARGE AND WORLD TRAVELLER PLUS CHARGE
156N INFANT
157N .
158N . * UNDER 2 YEARS OF AGE WITHOUT A SEAT 10% OF
159N . THE APPLICABLE ADULT FARE
160N . * TICKET CODE - ADULT FARE BASIS PLUS IN
161N . * DISCOUNT ALSO APPLIES TO ADDITIONAL SEGMENT
162N . CHARGE AND WORLD TRAVELLER PLUS CHARGE
163N . --------------------------------------------------
164N . -----
165N . NOTE IF AN INFANT
166N . REACHES 2 YEARS OF AGE AFTER TRAVEL HAS COMMENCED
167N . BUT BEFORE TRAVEL IS COMPLETE, A FULL CHILD FARE
168N . TICKET MUST BE PURCHASED FOR THE ENTIRE JOURNEY.
169N . .
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1N .
2N GROUP TRAVEL
3N -------------
4N .
5N . 1. GROUP TRAVEL USING THESE FARES IS PERMITTED
6N . FOR BUSINESS CLASS AND ECONOMY CLASS ONLY.
7N . 2. BOOKING CODES FOR GROUP TRAVEL FOR AA/AY/BA/CX/
8N . EG/IB/JC/JL/JO/KA/LA/LP/MA/NU/QF/RJ/XL/4M:
9N . BUSINESS - BOOK IN I
10N . COACH - BOOK IN G
11N . 3. GROUP SIZE:
12N . -----------------------------------------------
13N . --
14N . I CLASS I MINIMUM I
15N . MAXIMUM I
16N . -----------------------------------------------
MD
17N . --
18N . I BUSINESS I 10 PASSENGERS I 15
19N . PASSENGERS I
20N . -----------------------------------------------
21N . --
22N . I ECONOMY I 10 PASSENGERS I 30
23N . PASSENGERS I
24N . -----------------------------------------------
25N . --
26N . 4. GROUP IS REQUIRED TO TRAVEL TOGETHER FOR
27N . ENTIRE ITINERARY.
28N . 5. NAME CHANGES AND ADDITIONS ARE NOT PERMITTED
29N . AFTER TICKETING DEADLINE.
30N . 6. TICKETING CARRIERS GROUP POLICY SHALL APPLY.
31N .
32N BAGGAGE
33N --------
34N .
35N THE PIECE SYSTEM APPLIES TO PASSENGERS TRAVELING ON
36N THIS FARE.
37N .
38N .
39N CUBA - AA TRAVEL RESTRICTION
40N -----------------------------
41N .
42N IF A TICKET INCLUDES TRAVEL TO/FROM/VIA CUBA IT MAY
43N NOT ALSO INCLUDE FLIGHT SEGMENTS FOR TRAVEL ON
44N AMERICAN AIRLINES, AMERICAN EAGLE, OR AMERICAN
45N CONNECTION DUE TO U.S. GOVERNMENT RESTRICTIONS.
46N ANY SUCH TICKET WILL NOT BE HONORED BY AA AND CANNOT
47N BE USED TO TRAVEL ON AA.
48N .
49N .
50N MINIMUM FARE CALCULATION
51N -------------------------
52N .
53N . * COP CHECK - COUNTRY OF PAYMENT CHECK IS REQUIRED
54N . * SALES MADE ANYWHERE
55N THE PUBLISHED FARE FROM THE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN
56N CONVERTED AT THE BSR TO THE CURRENCY OF COUNTRY OF
57N PAYMENT SHALL NOT BE LESS THAN THE PUBLISHED FARE FROM
58N THE COUNTRY OF PAYMENT
59N .
60N -------------------------------------------------------
61N . NOTE
62N FOR TRAVEL ORIGINATING IN THE US AND SOLD IN CANADA,
63N THE APPLICABLE USD FARE CONVERTED TO CAD AT THE BSR
64N SHALL APPLY. /EFFECTIVE OCT 1, 2007/
65N .
66N -------------------------------------------------------
67N . NOTE
68N ANY STOPOVER/SEGMENT/SURCHARGES ARE NOT INCLUDED.
69N PUBLISHED BASE FARES ONLY ARE USED FOR COMPARISON.
70N .
71N . 1. COMPUTE RATE FOR ITINERARY USING NORMAL FARE
72N . CONSTRUCTION. THE PUBLISHED FARE AMOUNT /FROM
73N . COUNTRY OF ORIGIN/ IS SHOWN AFTER THE LAST CITY
74N . IN THE FARE CALCULATION LINE, AS USUAL.
75N . 2. CALCULATE THE COUNTRY OF PAYMENT MINIMUM CHECK
76N . AS FOLLOWS:
77N . CONVERT THE PUBLISHED FARE FROM THE COUNTRY OF
78N . PAYMENT TO THE PUBLISHED FARE CURRENCY OF THE
79N . COUNTRY OF ORIGIN AT THE BSR.
80N . COMPARE THIS AMOUNT TO THE PUBLISHED FARE FROM
81N . THE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN.
82N . IF THE FARE FROM THE COUNTRY OF SALE IS HIGHER,
83N . THE DIFFERENCE IS SHOWN AS A COUNTRY OF PAYMENT
84N . MINIMUM P AMOUNT IN THE FARE CALCULATION LINE,
85N . ALWAYS USING CITY PAIR DFWDFW.
86N EXAMPLE - ORIGINATION TYO, PAID FOR IN THE U.S. - 3
87N CONTINENT BUSINESS CLASS TYO-TYO
88N .
89N . 1. DONE3 - ORIGINATING JAPAN - JPY625000
90N . 2. CURRENCY MINIMUM CHECK
91N . DONE3 - ORIGINATING U.S. - USD7500.00 CONVERTED
92N . AT THE BSR TO JPY857400.
93N . SUBTRACT: JPY857400 - JPY625000 = JPY232400
94N . FARE FROM THE U.S. IS JPY232400 HIGHER.
95N . 3. SHOW JPY625000 AS THE FARE AMOUNT ON SCREEN 20.
96N . 4. SHOW JPY232400 AS A P AMOUNT ON THE PLUS
97N . SCREEN /SCR21/ IN THE SAME MANNER AS FOR A CTM.
98N . USE DFWDFW FOR THE CITIES, REGARDLESS OF THE
99N . ACTUAL ITINERARY FLOWN.
100N . 5. THE COMPLETED PQ SHOULD READ AS FOLLOWS:
101N . FARE CALCULATION LINE: TYO...TYO625000 DONE3 P
102N . DFWDFW 232400 JPY857400END
103N . BASE FARE: JPY857400
104N . EQUIV FARE: USD7500.00
105N -------------------------------------------------------
106N . NOTE
107N OTHER ONEWORLD CARRIERS MAY USE DIFFERENT CITY PAIRS
108N TO SHOW THE COP MINIMUM. WHEN REISSUING SUCH TICKETS,
109N MAINTAIN THE CITY PAIR OF THE ORIGINAL ISSUING CARRIER.
110N .
111N HANDWRITTEN TICKET NUMBER SSR REQUIREMENT
112N .
113N . * WHEN A TICKET MUST BE HANDWRITTEN, IT IS
114N . NECESSARY TO MANUALLY INSERT AN SSR MESSAGE TO
115N . ADVISE THE TICKET NUMBER TO ALL CARRIERS IN THE
116N . ITINERARY. THIS WILL PREVENT THE OTHER CARRIERS
117N . FROM CANCELING SPACE DUE TO NO TICKET NUMBER.
118N . * THE STRICT FORMAT IS MANDATORY IN ORDER FOR THE
119N . TELETYPE MESSAGE TO BE GENERATED TO THE OTHER
120N . AIRLINES. ADDING THE TICKET NUMBER TO THE 7T-
121N . FIELD DOES NOT GENERATE A MESSAGE.
122N . * YOU MUST USE THE FOLLOWING SSR ENTRY.
123N . EXAMPLE: 3SSR OTHS YY TKNM 001 XXXXXXXXXXX
124N . /SPACE/ /DATE OF ISSUE/ /DASH/ /NAME NUMBER/
125N . /SEPARATE MULTIPLE TICKET NUMBERS WITH SLASH/
126N . E.G. 3SSR OTHS YY TKNM 001XXXXXXXXXXX /SPACE/
127N . DOI21FEB05-1.1
128N .
129N RULES NOT APPLICABLE
130N ---------------------
131N .
132N . * PASSENGER EXPENSES
133N . * TOUR CONDUCTOR DISCOUNTS
134N . * AGENTS DISCOUNTS
135N . * AA RULE 755 - SENIOR SAAVERS CLUB
136N . * AA RULE 1810 - SENIOR CITIZEN DISCOUNT CLUB
137N . * PASSENGER EXPENSES - NOT PERMITTED
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