Urgent Help - DONE5 from JNB on 17 Dec
Dec 14, 2006 | 6:31 pm
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Urgent Help - DONE5 from JNB on 17 Dec
Hi Guys,
Well my current DONE4 has me stuck in JNB on a waitlist to SYD that looks less and less likely to come off. So to cut a long story short and seeing as I have to come back to JNB in 3 months anyway I've asked the TA to book me a new DONE5 originating in JNB and getting me to Aus via HKG.
The proposed route is JNB-HKG-PER-SYD-LAX-JFK-LHR-HEL-LHR-JNB. So, ignoring the appalling lack of the available sectors (which hopefully I'll fix down the track), and given the extremely short notice can anyone answer the following:
1) Can I buy a ticket for travel to commence in under 7 days if it originates in South Africa. (My TA thought not but now she thinks in some areas it may be as little as 1hr, she's trying to confirm with CX Australia which to me seems fraught with potential misinformation)
2) I'm in London till Friday 7pm and then in JNB for only Saturday and Sunday if this comes off. So (if I require a paper ticket) how do I practically collect the ticket given that JNB city office won't be open. Can I got to the CX office and have it issued in London tomorrow??
3) Having come through HKG on the above itinerary have I written off any further entries into Asia? Or do I get away with some "transit" rule becuase I'm in HKG for less than 24hrs. eg could I at some later date ammend the itinerary to be PER-HKG-NRT-LAX.......
Any help very much appreciated,
Paul
Well my current DONE4 has me stuck in JNB on a waitlist to SYD that looks less and less likely to come off. So to cut a long story short and seeing as I have to come back to JNB in 3 months anyway I've asked the TA to book me a new DONE5 originating in JNB and getting me to Aus via HKG.
The proposed route is JNB-HKG-PER-SYD-LAX-JFK-LHR-HEL-LHR-JNB. So, ignoring the appalling lack of the available sectors (which hopefully I'll fix down the track), and given the extremely short notice can anyone answer the following:
1) Can I buy a ticket for travel to commence in under 7 days if it originates in South Africa. (My TA thought not but now she thinks in some areas it may be as little as 1hr, she's trying to confirm with CX Australia which to me seems fraught with potential misinformation)
2) I'm in London till Friday 7pm and then in JNB for only Saturday and Sunday if this comes off. So (if I require a paper ticket) how do I practically collect the ticket given that JNB city office won't be open. Can I got to the CX office and have it issued in London tomorrow??
3) Having come through HKG on the above itinerary have I written off any further entries into Asia? Or do I get away with some "transit" rule becuase I'm in HKG for less than 24hrs. eg could I at some later date ammend the itinerary to be PER-HKG-NRT-LAX.......
Any help very much appreciated,
Paul
Dec 14, 2006 | 8:23 pm
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1) Yes. Up to one hour before for A/DONEn anywhere except the Americas.
2) Nope - the ticket needs to be issued in JNB, but in principle you should be able to arrange to buy it at the CX ticket desk at JNB airport up to one hour before departure.
3) Nope - only one entry to Asia apart from the exception between SWP and Europe, in which case it is the trip from SWP to/from Europe that must be the transit. So in your case you use your only entry to Asia on JNB-HKG-PER.
2) Nope - the ticket needs to be issued in JNB, but in principle you should be able to arrange to buy it at the CX ticket desk at JNB airport up to one hour before departure.
3) Nope - only one entry to Asia apart from the exception between SWP and Europe, in which case it is the trip from SWP to/from Europe that must be the transit. So in your case you use your only entry to Asia on JNB-HKG-PER.
Dec 14, 2006 | 11:15 pm
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christep, you're a real asset on this board. I know the answers are (almost) all there in the rules, but you have a way of zeroing in on them with a wonderful crispness that makes everything immediately clear. ^
Dec 15, 2006 | 1:41 am
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Thanks
Christep, thanks for the response and I woke up to the good news form the TA that this is indeed correct and the bonus that it can be e-ticketed (I'm not sure why becuase the new itinerary includes AY & IB who I thought were the culprits for my current DONE4 being paper).
I had read the bit about the americas but the brochures are very unclear as they just state "...7 days prior for trips originating from the americas" but never actually spell out what that means for the rest of us. 1hr is pretty cool. I love these airfares.
Frustrating about the waste of the Asia routing but hey it's worth it to be home with the family 3 days earlier.
Thanks again, Paul
I had read the bit about the americas but the brochures are very unclear as they just state "...7 days prior for trips originating from the americas" but never actually spell out what that means for the rest of us. 1hr is pretty cool. I love these airfares.
Frustrating about the waste of the Asia routing but hey it's worth it to be home with the family 3 days earlier.
Thanks again, Paul