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DONEx Question: Aussie transcon policy?
Hi guys,
I'm being told different confusing things about how DRW fits into the one-transcontinental-flight-in-Oz limit on a DONE4. The Oneworld website says: "Within Australia only one flight is permitted... between Darwin or Brisbane and Melbourne or Sydney" (that's too many "ands" and "ors" for me to decipher, for a start :confused:) but elsewhere, I've seen the condition refer only to flights to or from PER, not DRW. Sooo... can I fly SYD-DRW-SYD or not? Another furphy that keeps cropping up is the rumour that you can't pass through your continental point of arrival more than once. That can't be true! Again, the Oneworld site says: "You may travel around as you wish within a continent (there are no backtracking limitations as long as you do not go back to the origin point)..." Surely this only applies to the continent of origin, not subsequent continents...? [P.S. Does anyone have a copy of the actual detailed fare rules? The links I've found so far have all been bad...] |
Certainly more than one DRW-MEL/SYD segment is out.
Here: oneworld Explorer rule sheet for the rules and and here: Fare Estimate for xONEx fares from different countries. |
Originally Posted by Zeffer
(Post 8198567)
"You may travel around as you wish within a continent (there are no backtracking limitations as long as you do not go back to the origin point)..." Surely this only applies to the continent of origin, not subsequent continents...?
But yes, the whole thing is poorly written. In fact I would read "between Darwin or Brisbane and Melbourne or Sydney" as "DRW/BNE - MEL/SYD", which is actually wrong since you are not restricted to only one BNE - SYD flight. |
Thanks heaps guys!
Serfty, you're a legend for providing the actual pdf of the rules... and Alan in CBR, thanks for clarifying an impenetrable piece of gobbledegook. We're in agreement about the awful wording on the transcon rule, given that there are no restrictions on BNE-MEL/SYD. |
Moreover, the bit about not going back through the origin is also rubbish - that restriction was removed from the rules at least a year ago.
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christep, do you mean that the bit about not going through the point of origin within each continent is rubbish? ...or that we're allowed to pass through our city of departure? i thought the former was true but not the latter :confused:
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Originally Posted by Zeffer
(Post 8201827)
christep, do you mean that the bit about not going through the point of origin within each continent is rubbish? ...or that we're allowed to pass through our city of departure? i thought the former was true but not the latter :confused:
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Sweet, thanks guys.
Sorry... I'm still confused about one last point. The rule is written ambiguously. Can I fly SYD-PER-DRW-SYD? In other words, are we allowed one flight between BNE/CNS/SYD/MEL-PER and one flight between MEL/SYD–DRW, or are we only permitted to select one flight from ANY of those routes? |
Originally Posted by Zeffer
(Post 8204813)
...Can I fly SYD-PER-DRW-SYD?...
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Originally Posted by Zeffer
... Can I fly SYD-PER-DRW-SYD? ...
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Originally Posted by Zeffer
(Post 8204813)
Can I fly SYD-PER-DRW-SYD?
In other words, are we allowed one flight between BNE/CNS/SYD/MEL-PER and one flight between MEL/SYD–DRW, or are we only permitted to select one flight from ANY of those routes? I've never tried it, so I'll assume the other two are right. Anyone actually done it? |
I do not think SYD-PER-DRW-SYD is allowed. It has 2 flights on the limit 1 transcon list.
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Originally Posted by Kiwi Flyer
(Post 8205786)
I do not think SYD-PER-DRW-SYD is allowed. It has 2 flights on the limit 1 transcon list.
84N . 9. WITHIN AUSTRALIA -. 85N . ONLY 1 NONSTOP OR SINGLE PLANE FLIGHT PERMITTED 86N . BETWEEN THE FOLLOWING 87N . CITIES: 88N . . 89N . * BNE/CNS/SYD/MEL AND PER /SEE EXCEPTIONS 90N . BELOW/ 91N . * MEL/SYD AND DRW 92N . * MEL/SYD AND BME 93N . --------------------------------------------- 94N . ----- 95N . ----- 96N . 97N . EXCEPTION 98N . EXCEPTION 1: 99N . NO RESTRICTION BETWEEN SYD/MEL-PER FOR 100N . PASSENGERS 101N . ORIGINATING IN PER WHEN IN CONJUNCTION WITH 102N . TRAVEL 103N . TO/FROM JNB/BOM/SHA/PEK. 104N . EXCEPTION 2: 105N . NO RESTRICTION BETWEEN SYD/MEL-PER FOR 106N . PASSENGERS 107N . ORIGINATING NEW ZEALAND WHEN IN CONJUNCTION 108N . WITH 109N . TRAVEL TO/FROM JNB. 110N . . |
Originally Posted by jerry a. laska
(Post 8205889)
Agreed. SYD-PER, PER-DRW,DRW-SYD includes two transcons when only one is allowed.
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Originally Posted by DownUnderFlyer
(Post 8216182)
The way around this can be SYD-ADL-PER-DRW-SYD or SYD-PER-DRW-CNS-SYD and other variations.
DRW-BNE is a daily afternoon flight so a more civilized time of day. |
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