FlyerTalk Forums - A ticket cannot be extended indefinitely to get around rule changes

A question has come up in the thread on the new rule about 16 segment limit, as to whether or not tickets can be bought before the change and extended for use indefinitely afterwards.

As this question applies to other rule changes also, I'm making this post to assist future search. The current discussion can be found from here.

Here is are 2 relevant quotes from that thread. The essence is there is a maximum 1 year between issuance and first flight, and further year (on xONEx) between first flight and last flight. Some fares have reduced limits.

Quote:

Originally Posted by jerry a. laska (Post 9582807)

The rule that applies to a one year validity of a ticket is in QF's general conditions of carriage which is similar to that of almost all carriers. A ticket must be used within 12 months of issuance. That does not mean the entire journey must be completed in that time but that the journey must be commenced. If not used the ticket may still be refundable or its value might be able to be applied to a new ticket but in any event you can't fly on the original ticket if the first flight wasn't taken within the initial one year period. Whether or not that ticket is refundable is another questions and some carriers allow refundable tickets to retain their value for a period of time after the ticket validity period ends. (AA might be 3 years now, iirc, I will have to check)

From the QF terms and conditions of carriage:

6.6 Ticket Valdity

International travel - unless the ticket, these Conditions of Carriage or any tariffs which apply say something different, a ticket for International carriage is valid for one year from the date of the first flight as long as your first flight took place within one year of your ticket being issued, or if no part of the ticket is used, from the date of issue of the ticket.

http://www.qantas.com.au/info/flying...nsCarriageLong

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dave Noble (Post 9580514)

I would still wait until someone has done this before expecting that it can work. I have purchased unrestricted international 1st tickets ( which by default allow unlimited free changes ) however making a change to the initial flight has caused a need for recalculation of fare and , when there has been a price rise, payment of the difference

Although free changes may be permitted on the OWEs , I would not be convinced that the suggested workaround would work if the initial departure date changes.

Dave