Refund on STAR RTW ticket
 

What is the policy for refunds on RTW ticket, any experience??

Thanks,

Jupeter

It depends on what RTW ticket you have and if the ticket is partly used or not. I believe if the first segment has not yet been flown, you're eligble for a full refund minus some sort of service charge. Sometimes this could be the first continent.
If the ticket has begun already, I think it's much more difficult for a refund. I think they'll calculate each segment you've flown as a one-way ticket, add them all up; then give you back the difference. Of course, it depends on the type of RTW ticket.

here are the cancellation rules for StarAlliance-rtw-tickets:
* Cancellation prior to departure and ticketing deadline: full refund
* Prior to departure but after ticket issuance:
** sales ex USA, Canada, Central and South America: refund the fare less 10%
** sales ex Europe, Africa, Asia, Austria: full refund

and tfung was right about his prediction on refunds of partly used Star RTWs.

If you started on your ticket, you take the individual one-way fares and subtract it from the RTW price. If you travelled enough, you might owe them money for a refund! http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/biggrin.gif