Is this valid Circle Pacific Routing?
Sep 26, 2005 | 10:36 pm
#1
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Is this valid Circle Asia Routing?
I am currently booked as follows
MEL - SIN - PVG - NRT - CHC - MEL on a circle asia airfare - Business Class
The first leg is waitlisted on SQ - seats available, just not in the class (D) the ticket has to be booked in. So I have suggested the following as an alternative routing.
MEL - AKL - SIN on Air New Zealand.
The travel agents states I can't do that as I am can't go through Auckland twice (I know I'm not - but the travel agent the company uses comes up with lots of excuses - rather than have to look up the rules.)
If they come back and say I can't go through NZ twice. Is that true? I am going from SW Pacific to SE Asia to N Asia to SW Pacific. No where does it say I can't do internal SW Pacific flights at the start and end of the trip.
(I wrote Circle Pacific originally when it should have been Circle Aisa - edited to change)
Sure the short answer would be go on the direct flight earlier (they do have 3 a day) but I would need to leave a day ealier to go direct and this routing would allow me to requalify whereas a direct flight doesn't. So if I have to leave a day earlier, I might as well get some benefit from it (and whats a few extra hours on the plane for people that are reading this)?
MEL - SIN - PVG - NRT - CHC - MEL on a circle asia airfare - Business Class
The first leg is waitlisted on SQ - seats available, just not in the class (D) the ticket has to be booked in. So I have suggested the following as an alternative routing.
MEL - AKL - SIN on Air New Zealand.
The travel agents states I can't do that as I am can't go through Auckland twice (I know I'm not - but the travel agent the company uses comes up with lots of excuses - rather than have to look up the rules.)
If they come back and say I can't go through NZ twice. Is that true? I am going from SW Pacific to SE Asia to N Asia to SW Pacific. No where does it say I can't do internal SW Pacific flights at the start and end of the trip.
(I wrote Circle Pacific originally when it should have been Circle Aisa - edited to change)
Sure the short answer would be go on the direct flight earlier (they do have 3 a day) but I would need to leave a day ealier to go direct and this routing would allow me to requalify whereas a direct flight doesn't. So if I have to leave a day earlier, I might as well get some benefit from it (and whats a few extra hours on the plane for people that are reading this)?
Last edited by Gotta Requalify; Sep 27, 2005 at 2:41 am Reason: Change Circle Pacific to Circle Asia
Sep 27, 2005 | 3:27 am
#2
Join Date: Oct 1999
Location: Sydney NSW Australia
Posts: 2,337
They may be confusing the Circle Pac "one crossing only between Sth West Pacific and Asia" rule with the Circle Asia fare.
MEL-AKL is within the SWP area, so is not a crossing between regions.
I can't see anything in flight application, transfers or routing paragraphs that say you can't do what you want to do.
However, doing it that way will push you over the 15,000 mile limit and force you into the higher fare.
OS run 3 x weekly MEL-SIN as a back up for you in the event SQ doesn't clear and will get you around all this mess.
Cheers.
MEL-AKL is within the SWP area, so is not a crossing between regions.
I can't see anything in flight application, transfers or routing paragraphs that say you can't do what you want to do.
However, doing it that way will push you over the 15,000 mile limit and force you into the higher fare.
OS run 3 x weekly MEL-SIN as a back up for you in the event SQ doesn't clear and will get you around all this mess.
Cheers.