DONE3 - 10 Day min rule ?
Jan 19, 2006 | 3:08 pm
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DONE3 - 10 Day min rule ?
Hi All, just wondering if any of the guru's here have come up with a way to circumvent the 10 day minimum rule for a DONE3.
Is it possible to book a 10 day itinerary, then change the dates/times once the travel has started ? In my case I'm trying to do YVR-LHR-FRA-LHR-SIN-PER-MEL-HKG-YVR, ideally in 6-7 days. Can you pay up from D -> J for the last leg or something ?
Advice ?
Is it possible to book a 10 day itinerary, then change the dates/times once the travel has started ? In my case I'm trying to do YVR-LHR-FRA-LHR-SIN-PER-MEL-HKG-YVR, ideally in 6-7 days. Can you pay up from D -> J for the last leg or something ?
Advice ?
Jan 19, 2006 | 5:32 pm
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I doubt it. The last coupon will have the correct "Not valid before" date on it.
The only way to get round this would be to start the ticket by going to somewhere in North America but outside USA/Canada from which you could get a cheap separate roundtrip ticket and break the DONE3.
For example:
YVR-DFW-MEX//<use a cheap ticket MEX-YVR-MEX//MEX-LHR...
But since you will be in a hurry I can see that this might just take too long.
The only way to get round this would be to start the ticket by going to somewhere in North America but outside USA/Canada from which you could get a cheap separate roundtrip ticket and break the DONE3.
For example:
YVR-DFW-MEX//<use a cheap ticket MEX-YVR-MEX//MEX-LHR...
But since you will be in a hurry I can see that this might just take too long.
Last edited by christep; Jan 19, 2006 at 5:41 pm
Jan 20, 2006 | 3:17 am
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Originally Posted by HeyAussie
Hi All, just wondering if any of the guru's here have come up with a way to circumvent the 10 day minimum rule for a DONE3.
Do we have such restriction ?
Oh, fotunately , I live in a country with exceptions
145N TRAVEL FROM THE LAST POINT OUTSIDE THE COUNTRY OF
146N ORIGIN MAY NOT COMMENCE PRIOR TO 10 DAYS AFTER
147N DEPARTURE OF THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL SECTOR.
148N .
149N .
150N . **EXCEPTIO ORIGIN EUROPE:
151N . N** TRAVEL ON THE LAST INTERCONTINENTAL
152N . SEGMENT MUST COMMENCE NO
153N . EARLIER THAN 10 DAYS AFTER THE FIRST
154N . INTERCONTINENTAL SEGMENT
155N .
156N .
157N . **EXCEPTIO ORIGIN SOUTHWEST PACIFIC/ HKG / JAPAN:
158N . N** - FIRST CLASS/BUSINESS CLASS - NONE
159N .
160N -------------------------------------------------------
161N . NOTE
162N TRAVEL BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA IS NOT
163N INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL.