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PresRDC Jan 9, 2008 9:36 am
Circle Pacific Fare Class / Routing Question
 
So my boss and I are going to be visiting our offices in Shanghai, Beijing and Christchurch late next month. Pretty much the perfect itinerary for a DCIR26 fare.

Unfortunately, I cannot use AA RTW as I must use our corporate travel agent.

Two of the flights (from AKL to CHC) are all economy class flights. They book into L on a DCIR ticket, right?

Can I backtrack between CHC and SYD? Routing would be CHC-SYD-LAX-JFK.

Mileage is calculated including all connections, right?

Dragonair is a viable airline, right?

Thanks!

cxfan1960 Jan 9, 2008 10:18 am
If things are complicated, it is always better to discuss with your travel agent. In general:
* If you have to fly L on certain segments and the rest on D, it will still be a DCIRxx.
* I don't think AKL-CHC-SYD will have any problem.
* Mileage is calculated on all connections. Although I have not done that, I believe the miles on land segments are also counted.
* You can take KA.

Note: There is no direct OW flight between Beijing and Shanghai (all airports). You would probably flying PEK-NRT-PVG or PEK-HKG-PVG. However, I don't know if the intermediate point (NRT or HKG) is considered a stopever. (I flew PEK-HKG-PVG once before on the same day, but the segment was marked as 'O' because I originally did not intend to fly on the same day anyway. Also I had to re-check-in in HKG even though both segments were on KA.) You may consider taking a train from Beijing to Shanghai. You can depart in the evening and arrive early the next morning.

headinclouds Jan 9, 2008 10:26 am
Originally Posted by PresRDC (Post 9035155)
So my boss and I are going to be visiting our offices in Shanghai, Beijing and Christchurch late next month. Pretty much the perfect itinerary for a DCIR26 fare.

Unfortunately, I cannot use AA RTW as I must use our corporate travel agent.

Two of the flights (from AKL to CHC) are all economy class flights. They book into L on a DCIR ticket, right?

A/D book into Y if the flight is one-class all economy.

Can I backtrack between CHC and SYD? Routing would be CHC-SYD-LAX-JFK.

Yes, I believe so.

Mileage is calculated including all connections, right?

Yes plus surface segment mileage if you have those.

Dragonair is a viable airline, right?

Yes

Thanks!

Dave Noble Jan 9, 2008 12:37 pm
Originally Posted by headinclouds (Post 9035488)
A/D book into Y if the flight is one-class all economy.
I believe that this is only the situation in certain cases

iirc, this applies to AA domestic flights 3000-3599 and Finnair and Lan domestic flights rather than being a general rule and so a QF flight would be booked in L

Dave

serfty Jan 9, 2008 6:20 pm
Originally Posted by Dave Noble (Post 9036312)
I believe that this is only the situation in certain cases ...
This is completely true.

Here's a link to the rules:See what I have highlighted in the "NOTE" below:
Code:
5. RESERVATIONS and TICKETING
(A) Reservations and Ticketing
...
(B) Booking class codes          [First] [Busi.] [Coach]
AA BA CX QF LA LP JL JO KA          A      D      L
EG XL 4M                            D      D      L
LA IPC – SCL                        D      D      L
LA LP XL 4M DOMESTIC                Y      Y      L
AA FLIGHTS 3000-5599                Y      Y      L
JL Domestic Flights
(To/From NRT)                      J      J      H
JL/NU/JC Domestic Flights
(All other Domestic Points)        F      J      Y

NOTE: For flights where First or Business Class is not offered or available,
passengers may travel in a lower Class, in the applicable booking code for
that lower Class. The fare for the highest Class used applies, without
compensation.
In the case of QF in NZ, the class will be L.

PresRDC Jan 15, 2008 3:14 pm
Thanks guys. DCIR26 has been ticketed.

Routing is:

JFK-LAX-AKL-CHC-SYD-HKG-CTU-(surface)-PVG-NRT-JFK

for those interested.

AKL-CHC booked into L.

Hopefully J on the QF A330-200 will be good. SYD-HKG is on the CX A330 with the new J seats.


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