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Please let me know if one is holding a RTW business class ticket,which class does one get seated on US carriers since there is only first and economy seats?

there are some UA inner NorthAmerican 3-class -flights.

on 2-class-flights:
eco > eco
bus > first
first > first

exceptions:
USA-Mexico: bus > eco
USA-Alaska: bus > eco

I never knew that if you have C class RTW and you booked ORD-MEX you were put in economy!! Is this for United flights, Mexicana flights or both?

Thanks Rudi!

Any other of these exceptions when buying C Class RTW tickets?

[This message has been edited by SighMN (edited 11-15-2002).]

Outside USA on 2-class-flights
normally bus > eco (e.g. routes on SQ, ANA)

What about award-tickets?
As I remember, I booked once a ticket in C and got F-Seats to the US from Mexico! Was it an error?

I've a question regarding RTW segments within the US. Can anyone tell me if I can do the below:

bkk-sin-mel-syd-lax-jfk-ord-jfk-fra-hkg-sin-bkk

Please note the JFK/LGA-ORD-JFK/LGA roundtrip. Is this legal?

Thanks.

with a Star-rtw-ticket (I guess that's what you want to know?): it is legal if you have only one stopover at any New York City (JFK, LGA, EWR) airport, all other 'stops' there must be in transit (under this 'only 1 stopover rule' all NYC airports count together as one; and so do, on the West-coast, all Los Angeles area airports).

You are allowed to make 'some' Inner-North-American-back-tracking with rtw-tickets.

[This message has been edited by Rudi (edited 11-21-2002).]

Thank Rudi... more specifically, yes, I am referring to Star RTW. How do they define transit - is it the normal within 24 hours?

if the do it correctly (chances are very good if ticketed outside North America) yes, then the under 24 hours rule is correct, even for inner NorthAmerican stops, on a rtw-ticket

(if ticketed in North America, I would be afraid, that some agents will wrongly enter a stopover on your ticket for any stop > 3 hrs 59 minutes, on entirely inner North American flights ...).

Also keep in mind,

With a D class ticket, you will be put in "A" on domestic two class flights, ONLY IF A IS AVAILABLE. There may be plenty of seats for sale in the forward cabin, but if A class is not available, you will be in Y.

You can always waitlist for A should it open.