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Caught with an invalid routing

The reissue itinerary:

PER SIN HKG (stop - come home rethink)
HKG LHR IST (stop) LHR (stop) PHX DFW (stop)
BWI (stop - 2nd ticket to) DFW OAK (stop) DFW (stop)
AUS LAX MEL (stop) CHC (stop) BNE MEL

Actaully I'm a little disappointed that the "feature" that caught me out is not more prominently displayed on the one world web site. It is (well) buried in the Star file notes. And maybe I read over it in the FAQ.

FWIW, I would suspect that xONEx reissues at Perth QF are far better than than the average as reported in this forum. And yes, as unhappy as I am with QF I will give them credit where it is due. :cool:

If the quirk is not noted by one of the experts - in a day or so I will "spill the beans" and request the FAQ thread be modified slightly. Probably only ever affects Aussies and Americans.....

WF

You might want to try hauteboy's Oneworld Explorer Itinerary Validator.

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Originally Posted by Viajero

You might want to try hauteboy's Oneworld Explorer Itinerary Validator.

It does detect the error.....
though getting the validator on my PC was an "interesting"
exercise..... maybe I should stick to servers instead of PCs.
:(

I re-checked the FAQ - it is NOT mentioned.

WF

Reentered the country of origin twice? I haven't read the sticky but would be surprised that it's not in there.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Darren

Reentered the country of origin twice? I haven't read the sticky but would be surprised that it's not in there.

Rather cannot leave the country of orgin once returned
if I recall the Star fare file...

I did search on the word origin in the FAQ and found only references to continents.....
Maybe some oneone better than I can find it.....
IF not.... please add it...

BTW, the QF local xONEx reissue fee (above and byond the US$75 one world charge) is AUS$75.....

WF

Quote:

Originally Posted by Viajero

You might want to try hauteboy's Oneworld Explorer Itinerary Validator.

Thanks for the reminder. I haven't worked on this in awhile. :)

It's now available at http://jph.bytestacker.com/award.htm
The only update is calculating old/new Qantas SC earning for segments.

Cannot leave country of origin once returned? There was/is a rule that said one cannot fly beyond the city of origin. It would be difficult to exercise certain 'privileges' e.g. originate in North America, travel to SA, pass through NA again without stop, enroute to e.g. Asia.

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Originally Posted by JohnAx

The rules are explicit on the exceptions:

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 26N . 3. 1 INTERCONTINENTAL DEPARTURE AND 1                    

 27N . .  INTERCONTINENTAL ARRIVAL PERMITTED IN EACH            

 28N .    CONTINENT EXCEPT AS FOLLOWS:                          

 29N .                                                          

 30N EXCEPTIONS:                                                

 31N .                                                          

 32N .                                                          

 33N .    A. 2 PERMITTED IN NORTH AMERICA. 1 MUST BE A          

 34N .       TRANSIT WITHOUT STOPOVER BETWEEN SOUTH             

 35N .       AMERICA AND ANOTHER CONTINENT.                    

 36N .                                                         

 37N .    B. 2 PERMITTED IN ASIA, 1 MUST BE A TRANSIT           

 38N .       WITHOUT STOPOVER OR ON DIRECT SINGLE PLANE         

 39N .       SERVICE BETWEEN THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC AND          

 40N .       EUROPE.                                            

 41N .                                                          

 42N .    C. 2 PERMITTED IN EUROPE TO/FROM/VIA                  

 43N .       GHANA/NIGERIA. 1 MUST BE A TRANSIT WITHOUT         

 44N .       STOPOVER BETWEEN GHANA/NIGERIA AND ANOTHER         

 45N .       CONTINENT.                                         

 46N .                                                          

 47N .                                                          

 48N . 4. 1 INTERNATIONAL DEPARTURE AND 1 INTERNATIONAL         

 49N .    ARRIVAL FROM/TO THE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN PERMITTED       

 50N .    EXCEPT AS FOLLOWS:                                    

 51N .                                                          

 52N .                                                          

 53N .    ORIGIN USA  2 PERMITTED. 1 ARRIVAL-DEPARTURE          

 54N .                MUST BE A TRANSIT WITHOUT STOPOVER..     

 55N .                NOTE: TRAVEL BETWEEN THE U.S.            

 56N .                /CANADA IS NOT COUNTED AS                 

 57N .                INTERNATIONAL ARRIVAL/DEPARTURE.