Flying back through the same city?
Dec 30, 2004 | 11:09 am
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Flying back through the same city?
From all the info on the Oneworld Explorer ticket, I`m pretty sure the answer to my question below is yes, I can do it, but I wanted to get a second opinon...
I just called the BA office in Bogota about this. I originally flew from London to Lima. Then I was supposed to have a flight from Rio to Santiago but I now want to change it to Lima to Buenos Aires (with LanPeru). They said I can`t do it because I flew into Lima orginally and can`t fly back through it again.
But I was also supposed to have a Cusco to Lima flight before, why was that flight allowed and this one isn`t (as I would be flying back through Lima in that case)?
Bit complicated but I basically want to know if you can fly back through a city more than once on a Oneworld ticket?
I just called the BA office in Bogota about this. I originally flew from London to Lima. Then I was supposed to have a flight from Rio to Santiago but I now want to change it to Lima to Buenos Aires (with LanPeru). They said I can`t do it because I flew into Lima orginally and can`t fly back through it again.
But I was also supposed to have a Cusco to Lima flight before, why was that flight allowed and this one isn`t (as I would be flying back through Lima in that case)?
Bit complicated but I basically want to know if you can fly back through a city more than once on a Oneworld ticket?
Dec 30, 2004 | 2:15 pm
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The problem might be LAN Peru; I don't know the current rules, but some of the LAN (formerly LAN Chile) group airlines are excluded from OWE travel (they are treated as a codeshare and not part of Oneworld, even though LAN has a controlling interest). Thus some LA coded flights are not allowed to be used on a OWE; that might be the restriction you are running into, and not going through the same city multiple times (which is allowed). You might have to hub via SCL to get allowed flights. Probably LAN would be best able to tell you which flights are currently allowed, as they control this (unfortunately dealing with LAN on anything is difficult at best).
Dec 30, 2004 | 2:27 pm
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Originally Posted by number_6
The problem might be LAN Peru; I don't know the current rules, but some of the LAN (formerly LAN Chile) group airlines are excluded from OWE travel (they are treated as a codeshare and not part of Oneworld, even though LAN has a controlling interest). Thus some LA coded flights are not allowed to be used on a OWE; that might be the restriction you are running into, and not going through the same city multiple times (which is allowed). You might have to hub via SCL to get allowed flights. Probably LAN would be best able to tell you which flights are currently allowed, as they control this (unfortunately dealing with LAN on anything is difficult at best).
From the list of affiliates in the rules:
52N LAN CHILE
53N ----------
54N .
55N . * LAN PERU
56N . * LAN EXPRESS FLIGHTS OPERATED UNDER THE LA* CODE
57N . * LAN ECUADOR - EFFECTIVE 16DEC02/CANCELLED
58N . EFFECTIVE 11FEB03
53N ----------
54N .
55N . * LAN PERU
56N . * LAN EXPRESS FLIGHTS OPERATED UNDER THE LA* CODE
57N . * LAN ECUADOR - EFFECTIVE 16DEC02/CANCELLED
58N . EFFECTIVE 11FEB03