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Originally Posted by jerry a. laska (Post 9292424)

OK. I guess I see these as being two different things. I was looking at this as an upgrade to a higher fare type ticket. And you are looking at it as a rebooking situation which then refers to the refund rules which let you apply the nonrefundable amount to a new explorer ticket.

As for the rest of my confusion, looking back on the previous posts I'm not sure I understand myself what it was.

You are right, I phrased my comment badly, so I take it back, with my apologies. What I meant as a general rethorical question came out as something directed to your posts in particular. I started on this thread seeing it as a simple thing: OP wants to go from Circ to Done > check rules > rules say Ok > post accordingly and leave it at that. Then it got muddy, and I became confused at what I perceived as confusion; sorry about that.

The upside is that we now all agree the OP is good to go with the conversion, despite the detours we took to get to that point.

So the OP would make a change from DCIR26 to DONE4 and only pay the difference in the 2 fares. Correct? I'm confused about the expression 'non-refundable' in the rules. Does that mean the OP takes a 10% loss since a US-based ticket incurs those cancellation fees plus pay the difference?

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Originally Posted by headinclouds (Post 9298626)

I take it to mean that the original fare is non-refundable, and it stays non-refundable after the change. I also take it to mean there is no penalty; in other words, the only amount payable would be the difference between the two published fares plus, I suspect, an adjustment for taxes and fuel surcharges, if any, like any other reissue.

I speak from experience here

A Cir Pac CAN BE CONVERTED to DONE3 or above, and can even be converted back down to a Cir Pac

Have done this before, and when their is an upsell there was no penalty, but if moving down from a DONE4 (which almost all RTW fares will be more than Cir Pac's) to a DCIR22 or DCIR26 the cancellation fee of 10% was applied

All RTW's are refundable less a penalty prior to departure, despite what the endorsement says

The next post I add on this subject of RTW's will blow you away

Stay tuned

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Originally Posted by thetravelguy (Post 9303035)

. . .
All RTW's are refundable less a penalty prior to departure, despite what the endorsement says
. . .

Not exactly true. All xonex's all fully refundable prior to departure when canceled prior to the ticketing deadline. After the ticketing deadline only xonex's purchased in TC 1 have a 10 percent penalty. Local offices are of course allowed to impose a service fee.

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63N REFUNDS/CANCELLATIONS
64N ----------------------
65N .
66N PRIOR TO DEPARTURE
67N BEFORE TICKETING DEADLINE:
68N .
69N FULL REFUND
70N .
71N AFTER TICKETING DEADLINE:
72N .
73N . 1. ORIGIN AREA 1 - CANCELLATION PENALTY IS 10%
74N . OF THE TICKETED AMOUNT.
75N . ORIGIN AREA 2/3 - NO PENALTY
76N . 2. CERTIFIED DEATH/ILLNESS OF THE PASSENGER, THE
77N . PASSENGER*S IMMEDIATE FAMILY OR AN ACCOMPANYING
78N . PASSENGER - FULL REFUND
79N . 3. IN CASE OF REFUSAL OF OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS,
80N . ENTRY PERMITS OR VISA. A FULL REFUND WILL APPLY
81N . PROVIDED OFFICIAL DOCUMENTATION FROM THE APPROVED
82N . AUTHORITY IS PRODUCED AND ATTACHED TO THE REFUND
83N . REQUEST.
84N LOCAL SERVICE FEES MAY APPLY.