RTQ Validator URL not working - anyone else able to use it?
Aug 28, 2006 | 4:15 am
#61
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Originally Posted by Kiwi Flyer
Looks like the routes that have switched from QF to JQ have been dropped. I understand JQ flights are still allowed on xONEx's as long as origin is not Australia or NZ. Therefore may be an idea to retain them in the tool.
Code:
67N . EXCEPTION 2: QF CODESHARE SERVICES OPERATED BY 68N . JQ/JETSTAR ARE PERMITTED EXCEPT FOR POINT OF SALE 69N . AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND.
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Aug 28, 2006 | 7:38 am
#62
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If QF use a certain range of flight #'s for JQ codeshares it should be easy to determine. I haven't been able to find their flight ranges however.
Aug 28, 2006 | 4:31 pm
#63
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AFAIK all JQ flights have a QF codeshare (the QF flight number is used for QFF awards for example).
Sep 3, 2006 | 4:08 pm
#64
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Not sure the new international ones have codeshare flights though.
Nov 4, 2006 | 5:35 am
#65
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ex-MRU bug
Have just put the following into the validator:
MRU-LHR-EZE,GRU-LIM,SCL-LAX,YVR-JFK,EWR-PTY,DFW-ANC-ORD-NRT-HKG-DPS,HKG-AKL,CHC-SYD-PER,BME-SYD-LHR-DXB-LHR-MRU
To the best of my knowledge it's a valid routing, however i'm getting an error message stating:
Rule violated!!!! [LHR-MRU] Max 1 segment(s): Ghana/Nigeria transit
I didn't realise i'd transitted Ghana/Nigeria... is this just a bug with the validator? Or am I actually breaking the rules...
MRU-LHR-EZE,GRU-LIM,SCL-LAX,YVR-JFK,EWR-PTY,DFW-ANC-ORD-NRT-HKG-DPS,HKG-AKL,CHC-SYD-PER,BME-SYD-LHR-DXB-LHR-MRU
To the best of my knowledge it's a valid routing, however i'm getting an error message stating:
Rule violated!!!! [LHR-MRU] Max 1 segment(s): Ghana/Nigeria transit
I didn't realise i'd transitted Ghana/Nigeria... is this just a bug with the validator? Or am I actually breaking the rules...
Nov 4, 2006 | 5:45 am
#66
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Originally Posted by sdorling
...Or am I actually breaking the rules...
Code:
128N . * 2 PERMITTED IN EUROPE WHEN 1 IS A TRANSIT 129N . WITHOUT STOPOVER BETWEEN 130N . GHANA/NIGERIA/KENYA/UGANDA/TANZANIA AND 131N . ANOTHER 132N . CONTINENT.
Last edited by Viajero; Nov 4, 2006 at 6:02 am Reason: Clarify
Nov 4, 2006 | 9:31 am
#67
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Bugger. Forgot about that, if I were to do the LHR-DXB-LHR legs at the beginning of the trip and then do the SYD-LHR-MRU with <24hrs in LHR would the routing be valid?
Or, can you end an ex-MRU OWE in any African country?
Or, can you end an ex-MRU OWE in any African country?
Nov 4, 2006 | 9:53 am
#68
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Originally Posted by sdorling
Bugger. Forgot about that, if I were to do the LHR-DXB-LHR legs at the beginning of the trip and then do the SYD-LHR-MRU with <24hrs in LHR would the routing be valid?
Or, can you end an ex-MRU OWE in any African country?
Nov 4, 2006 | 10:12 am
#69
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Originally Posted by Viajero
Nope.
You can end it anywhere in Africa, but you cannot enter/stop/touch Europe twice, unless as a transit to one of the mentioned countries.
You can end it anywhere in Africa, but you cannot enter/stop/touch Europe twice, unless as a transit to one of the mentioned countries.
Nov 4, 2006 | 10:17 am
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<deleted> gotta learn to read, one of these days.
Nov 5, 2006 | 5:19 am
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Originally Posted by hauteboy
I think you could do MRU-LHR-xxx-LHR-NBO now, but not sure if the validator has been fixed with tz/ke as allowable countries.
MRU is a strange old starting point, pricewise it's very attractive but even with the new JNB-MRU flights it's still a nightmare to get to or from, the only option you have is to go to LHR, or JNB!
The only other option I guess would be to end with SYD-JNB-MRU but in the spirit of FT that'd be 160 tier points & 8764 base miles compared to the 340 tier points and circa 15200 base miles that SYD-LHR-DAR/NBO would return.
Don't get me wrong, i'm not a miles/status addict, but going via LHR and being able to drop my stuff at home, then travel light to Africa for a few days would be wonderful.
Nov 5, 2006 | 5:30 am
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Originally Posted by sdorling
Is anyone here able to confirm whether that would be valid or not? I assume that the final LHR-NBO flight if valid would only be so if the transit through LHR was <24hrs?...
Nov 5, 2006 | 5:44 am
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Originally Posted by hauteboy
I think you could do MRU-LHR-xxx-LHR-NBO now, but not sure if the validator has been fixed with tz/ke as allowable countries.
Nov 5, 2006 | 6:43 am
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Originally Posted by sdorling
hauteboy are you able to build this into the validtor when you get the chance?
sdorling - 0.95005 is now live with Keyna/Tanzania/Uganda now accepted as destinations allowing the second EUR transit.
Last edited by SLF; Nov 6, 2006 at 7:38 am
Nov 11, 2006 | 10:37 pm
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While I wouldn't suggest changing the validator to accommodate it, I can confirm that MRU-LHR-...-LHR-MRU (with one as a transit) was being accepted and ticketed last month by BA. I don't know whether it has changed, or will be changed, once MRU-JNB is operational.