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Star Alliance Round the World fare for sale on/after 01OCT01.

Star Alliance Special Economy fare application:
These fares apply for Economy class service.

Types of transportation
Fares governed by this rule can be used to create Round-the World journeys. These fares apply for Round the World travel to/from the countries where fares are specified.

Travel must commence from and return to the same country.

Scandinavia is considered as one country

Africa/Asia/Europe/North America/South America/South West Pacific are considered six different continents. For the purpose of this rule Middle East is considered Africa.

Itinerary may reflect travel greater than Round the World provided it is not via the point of origin and still terminates in the country of origin.

Intercontinental travel shall be defined as travel from one continent to another.

Fares only apply if purchased before departure.

The entire journey must not exceed 26.000 miles

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Capacity/
limitations AC/BD/LH/MX/NH/NZ/OS/RG/SQ/TG/UA shall limit the number of passengers carried on any given flight at fares governed by this rule and such fares will not necessarily be available on all flights. The number of seats that each carrier shall make available on any given flight will be determined by the carriers best judgement.
Other conditions:
Passengers expenses shall not be absorbed by the carriers.

Baggage:
Piece concept shall apply for the entire journey.

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Seasonality The date of departure of the first international sector determines the applicable seasonal fare for the entire journey.

Australia/Norfolk Island/Cook Islands/New Zealand

Season
Booking Code
Period

Peak
H
01JUN-19AUG

Peak
H
07DEC-24DEC

Basic
L
01JAN-31MAY

Basic
L
20AUG-06DEC

Basic
L
25DEC-31DEC


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Flight application Fares apply on any AC/BD/LH/MX/NH/NZ/OS/RG/SK/SQ/TG/UA flight.

Exception:
Fares do not apply on

AC flights: 1685-1808/1890-1998/3701-3759/8021-8028/8201-8217/8221-8228/8231-8240/8951-8963/9000-9009/9020-9025/9800-9801/9820-9823.

LH flights: 2000-2344/2450-2479/2932-2971/6346-6369/6804-6853/9160-9177/9330-9333/9400-9449/9850-9861/9970-9999.

MX flights: 1000-1499/1502-1689/1692-1999/4000-4999/7000-7999/8000-8999.

NH flights: 5155-5156/5159-5160/6951-6954.

NZ flights: 4000-4199

OS flights: 7000-8554/8557-9999

RG flights: 7200-7203/7292-7293/7380-7384/7386-7388/7390-7391.

SK flights: 291-294/3100-3149/6000-6199/6200-6349/6700-6999/8000-8299/8329-8350/9500-9639.

SQ flights: 1000-1016/1053-1999/3000-5999/7000-7999/9000-9999

TG flights: 4500-4503/4700-4703/4786-4795/7100-7101/7500-7501

UA flights: 3494-3499/4000-4149/4200-4302/4500-4519/4545-4599/4980-4999/6300-6799/8300-8789/9475-9524/9600-9629

Travel must include only one transatlantic crossing and only one transpacific crossing.

Not more than one crossing may be permitted between Area 2 and Area 3 in an entire journey.

Travel on UA991/UA992 constitutes a Pacific crossing.

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Advance reservation/
ticketing For travel originating worldwide except in Europe. Reservations and ticket issuance must be made at least 7 days prior to departure for sectors up to and including the first intercontinental sector. Other sectors may be booked at any time.

Exception:
No advance reservation and ticket issuance required for passengers originating in South West Pacific.

For travel originating in Europe:
Reservation and ticket issuance must be made at least 7 days prior to departure for sectors up to and including the first intercontinental sector. Other sectors may be booked at any time
RTW booking class by carrier:

Airline
Economy class

AC
H

BD
W

LH
H See note 1

MX
K

NG
B.

NH
B (international)
Y (within Japan)

NZ
H.

OS
B.

RG
H

SK
H

SQ
H

TG
H
M Domestic

UA
H

VO
V


Note 1: For LH2384-2429/LH6900-6979/LH9000-9159 book W-lass.

Fare must be shown on ticket.

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Minimum stay Travel on the last international sector must commence no earlier than 10 days after commencement of the first international sector.
Exception:
For travel originating in Europe: Travel on the last intercontinental sector must commence no earlier than 10 days after commencement of the first intercontinental sector.

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Maximum stay Return travel from last international stopover must commence no later than 12 months after departure.

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Stopovers Minimum 3 stopovers required and maximum 5 stopovers permitted.

Application of stopovers:
Not more than 3 stopovers permitted within Japan.

For travel origination in New Zealand:
Stopovers permitted at New Zealand international gateways only.

For travel originating in USA/Canada:
Not more than 3 stopovers permitted within continental USA/Canada combined.

For travel originating in Europe:
Not more than 3 permitted within Europe in any one country in Europe.

Maximum of one stopover permitted in any one city.

The following points/airports shall be considered one city:

· NYC/JFK/LGA/EWR

· BWI/WAS/IAD/DCA

· LAX/ONT/SNA/BUR

· SFO/OAK/SJC

· OSA/KIX/ITM/NGO

· FLL/MIA/PBI

· CPH/MMA

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Transfers Not more than one international departure and not more than one international arrival is permitted in the country of origin except that not more than two international departures and not more than two international arrivals are permitted in Canada when Canada is country of origin. For the purpose of this rule Canada/USA and Denmark/Norway/Sweden are considered separate countries.

Exception: For travel originating in Thailand.

For travel originating in Europe except Scandinavia only two transfers outbound and two transfers inbound permitted within any one country in Scandinavia.

For travel originating in New Zealand:
Only one transfer outbound and one transfer inbound permitted within New Zealand.

Surface sectors
Intermediate surface sectors permitted at passengers expense.

Mileage for surface sectors must be included in the maximum permitted mileage calculation.

The last point of arrival and the first point of departure together count as one stopover.

If a surface sector attracts more than one TPM the lower applies.

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Combinations End-on end not permitted.

Add-ons not permitted.

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Sales restrictions Permitted ticket stock of: AC/BD/LH/MX/NH/NZ/OS/RG/SK/SQ/TG/UA only.

Fare basis codes shall apply as follows:

YRWSPCL

Exception:
Australia/Norfolk Island/Cook Islands/New Zealand
YHRWSPCL/YLRWSPCL

When travel originates in one country and the ticket is sold in another country the fare will be that applicable from the country of origin converted to the currency of the country of sale at the bankers selling rate. The resultant fare must not be lower than the lowest applicable Star Alliance RTW fare from the country of sale.

Exception: Not applicable for sales made and/or travel originating in Canada.

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Penalties Changes before departure:

For travel originating worldwide except in SWP/Europe:

Before ticketing deadline - permitted.

After ticketing deadline:
No changes permitted on outbound sectors up to and including first international sector.

For all other sectors rebooking/revalidation permitted at no charge.

Rerouting/reissue permitted at a charge of USD 100 (child/infant USD 100) per reissue.

For travel originating in Europe
Before ticketing deadline – permitted.

After ticketing deadline:
No changes permitted on outbound sectors up to and including first intercontinental sector.

For all other sectors rebooking/revalidation permitted at no charge.

Rerouting/reissue permitted at a charge of USD 100 (child/infant USD 100) per reissue.

For travel originating in SWP – permitted

After departure:
For travel originating worldwide except in Europe:
No changes permitted on remaining outbound sectors up to and including first international sector.

For all other sectors rebooking/revalidation permitted at no charge.

Rerouting permitted at a charge of USD 100 (child/infant USD 100) per reissue

Exception:
In the event of death of the passenger as evidenced by a certificate, members of the passenger's immediate family or accompanying passengers may reroute the remainder of the journey without charge.

For travel originating in Europe:
No changes permitted on remaining outbound sectors up to and including first intercontinental sector.

For all other sectors rebooking/revalidation permitted at no charge.

Rerouting/reissue permitted at a charge of USD 100 (child/infant USD 100) per reissue.

Exception:
In the event of death of the passengers evidenced by a certificate, members of the passenger's immediate family or accompanying passengers may reroute the remainder of the journey without charge.

· Rerouting guidelines

TPM must be recalculated for the new routing from the point of origin.

If new routing results in more than 26.000 miles:
Ticket may be upgraded to a higher Star alliance fare upon payment of the difference in fare recalculated from the point of origin plus a rerouting/reissue charge of USD100 (child/infant USD 100) per reissue.

If the new routing results in less than 26.000 miles – the original fare still applies plus a rerouting/reissue charge of USD 100 (child/infant USD 100) per reissue. No refund will apply.

Exception:
In the event of death of the passenger as evidenced by a certificate, members of the passenger's immediate family or accompanying passengers may reroute the remainder of the journey without charge.

If the routing is no longer Round the World travel – collect the difference if any between the fare paid and the applicable fare for the new journey calculated from the point of origin plus a rerouting/reissue charge of USD 100 (child/infant USD 100) per reissue. No refund applies if the recalculated fare for the new journey is lower than the RWSPCL fare paid.

For upgrading see credit toward further transaction.

Cancellations before departure.
For travel originating worldwide except in SWP - before ticketing deadline

– full refund.

After ticketing deadline –
Charge 10 percent of the fare paid for cancel /no-show/refund. Waived for death of passenger, family member or accompanying passengers.

The non-refundable amount may be used as a credit towards payment of an equivalent or higher applicable fare. The original non-refundable amount remains non-refundable.

For travel originating in SWP – no penalties applies.

After departure - applicable to all countries:
Refund if any will be the difference between the fare paid and the applicable fare for the journey travelled.

Credit towards further transaction:

Ticket may be upgraded to a higher RWSTAR fare upon payment of the difference in fare, recalculated from the point of origin plus a rerouting/reissue charge of USD 100 (child/infant USD 100)

HIP/Mileage exceptions

Higher intermediate pointes rule does not apply.

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Ticket endorsement The original and the reissued ticket must be annotated –

Valid AC/BD/LH/MX/NH/NZ/OS/RG/SK/SQ/TG/UA ONLY/NONREF – In the endorsement box.

Endorsement is not required between AC/BD/LH/MX/NZ/OS/RG/SKSQ/TG/UA

Tickets must show by the use of an insert or sticker that travel is at a special fare and subject to special conditions.

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Children discounts Accompanied child 2-11 and infant(s) under 2 occupying a seat:
Charge 75 percent of the fare

First infant under 2 without a seat:
Charge 10 percent of the adult fare.

If infants turns 2 during the journey applicable child fare must be applied.

Exception:
Not applicable for sales made in Thailand

Unaccompanied child 2-11 not accepted.

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Tour conductor discounts Tour conductor discounts not permitted

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Agents discounts Agent discounts not permitted.

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