Ticket Validty for RTW fares
Aug 22, 2006 | 3:33 am
#2
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Originally Posted by novacatz
What is the ticket validity of a RTW fare? IS it 1 year from first flight sector or 1 year from ticketing?
Aug 22, 2006 | 4:16 am
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Originally Posted by Viajero
1 year to fly the first segment plus 1 year to finish the trip; total 2 years.
Last edited by christep; Aug 22, 2006 at 12:37 pm Reason: typo
Aug 22, 2006 | 4:53 am
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Originally Posted by christep
Very strictly I believe is is "plus 1 year to start the final segment" - so you could squeeze and extra day or two there!
Aug 22, 2006 | 6:19 am
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I actually flew on the last day + 1 of validity once, but that was due to a schedule change that took the last flight past midnight. Luckily I was protected as it was for dated tickets and they didn't make me fly 24 hours earlier. Every agent noticed the ticket validity date, though, and commented upon it, so they do look closely.
Aug 22, 2006 | 6:32 am
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Originally Posted by number_6
I actually flew on the last day + 1 of validity once, but that was due to a schedule change that took the last flight past midnight. Luckily I was protected as it was for dated tickets and they didn't make me fly 24 hours earlier. Every agent noticed the ticket validity date, though, and commented upon it, so they do look closely.
Aug 22, 2006 | 7:22 am
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Originally Posted by JohnAx
On the other side of 'look closely', one time when BA reissued for me the agent mistakenly used the original ticket sale date + one year for the "'valid until' date. As that date was well before the last scheduled flights I was ready to be challenged and have to argue the rules - on my particular coupons, that date was printed in bold 72-point font, raised red letters, and somehow seemed to be illuminated by a little spotlight - but no one mentioned it. (A plus for having reservations in the computer, I suppose.)
So far I haven't had any trouble flying on dates other than those printed, but was this an error of the ticketing agent?
Aug 22, 2006 | 12:33 pm
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Originally Posted by MiamiBeach
So far I haven't had any trouble flying on dates other than those printed, but was this an error of the ticketing agent?
Aug 22, 2006 | 5:50 pm
#9
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Originally Posted by MiamiBeach
I've just noticed that my handwritten DONE5 tickets (all segments dated) were all printed with "not valid before" and "not valid after" with the date of each segment (for example not valid before 8/22 not valid after 8/22 for a segment dated on 8/22).
So far I haven't had any trouble flying on dates other than those printed, but was this an error of the ticketing agent?
So far I haven't had any trouble flying on dates other than those printed, but was this an error of the ticketing agent?