Oneworld [award] rules questions
Dec 12, 2016, 5:17 am
#1
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Oneworld [award] rules questions
just a couple questions please;
I am booking a oneworld award booking using points with 5 stops
1. If starting from Australia, can I take a couple flights overseas then return to Australia
via a different city and go back to work and start again later?
my guess is no as soon as I return to OZ that terminates the trip
2. when they calculate the distance (35,000 miles max) do they count stop to stop or do they count all the unavoidable transfer sectors too?
3. backtracking is ok right?
4. starting from another country is ok as long as I return there?
Thanks
C-
I am booking a oneworld award booking using points with 5 stops
1. If starting from Australia, can I take a couple flights overseas then return to Australia
via a different city and go back to work and start again later?
my guess is no as soon as I return to OZ that terminates the trip
2. when they calculate the distance (35,000 miles max) do they count stop to stop or do they count all the unavoidable transfer sectors too?
3. backtracking is ok right?
4. starting from another country is ok as long as I return there?
Thanks
C-
Dec 12, 2016, 5:26 am
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While they do use the term 'oneworld award booking', that is unfortunately a bit of a misnomer. In fact, any award booking uses points from a particular airline's frequent flyer programme. Thus, the rules and conditions for all such bookings are set by the programme involved. You will get relevant advice if you ask your question in the forum devoted to the FFP of which you are a member. Good luck.
Dec 12, 2016, 5:29 am
#3
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Award bookings do not come under oneworld fare product rules. The oneworld/global explorer (xONEx/xGLOBnn) RTW rules do not apply.
Rules for award bookings come under the frequent flyer program. ie, if you are using QF points to make the booking, QFF rules apply.
Rules for award bookings come under the frequent flyer program. ie, if you are using QF points to make the booking, QFF rules apply.
Dec 12, 2016, 12:10 pm
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As above its nothing to do with paid Oneworld tickets. From QF web site:-
Use points to build your dream trip with oneworld®
Discover the world and enjoy fantastic flexibility with oneworld Classic Flight Rewards. You can combine at least two oneworld airlines other than Qantas into one itinerary. With up to 35,000 miles allowed on a oneworld Classic Flight Reward, the possibilities are endless.
Discover the world and enjoy fantastic flexibility with oneworld Classic Flight Rewards. You can combine at least two oneworld airlines other than Qantas into one itinerary. With up to 35,000 miles allowed on a oneworld Classic Flight Reward, the possibilities are endless.
AA also used to have a "Oneworld RTW" award option, that also caused a lot of confusion with the Oneworld alliance *ONE* round the world paid ticket.
Last edited by Mwenenzi; Dec 12, 2016 at 12:15 pm
Dec 12, 2016, 2:03 pm
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1. If starting from Australia, can I take a couple flights overseas then return to Australia
via a different city and go back to work and start again later?
my guess is no as soon as I return to OZ that terminates the trip
2. when they calculate the distance (35,000 miles max) do they count stop to stop or do they count all the unavoidable transfer sectors too?
3. backtracking is ok right?
4. starting from another country is ok as long as I return there?
...
1. If starting from Australia, can I take a couple flights overseas then return to Australia
via a different city and go back to work and start again later?
my guess is no as soon as I return to OZ that terminates the trip
2. when they calculate the distance (35,000 miles max) do they count stop to stop or do they count all the unavoidable transfer sectors too?
3. backtracking is ok right?
4. starting from another country is ok as long as I return there?
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- No - can only return to country of origin once - this is a general award rule, not specific to the "Oneworld Award".
- Total distance - including non flight, ground/land segments.
- Yes, subject to trnsit/stopover limits.
- Yes, but the distance from your last port to the orgin port is included in the total calculation.
Dec 12, 2016, 2:34 pm
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Without knowing the details of the rules, have you considered starting in another country - eg New Zealand - or somewhere close-by with plenty of award seats from here to there? May be worth positioning "there" so you get the stopover(s) you want in Oz.