Oneworld Explorer Fares (Introduction)

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• Reservations for the first international flight and all preceding flights are required as outlined in the charts below. All other segments may be open.

• Tickets must be issued as outlined in the charts below.
  Travel Originates in Area 1:
  Reservations for the first international flight and all preceding flights are required at least 7 days before departure of the first flight. Subsequent segments may be open. Tickets must be issued at least 7 days before the first flight. Effective 10 october 2003, the following new restrictions will apply:
  For reservations made X or more days before departure the ticket must be issued within X days after the reservation is made. Replace X with the number of days as per the following table:

  Fare Basis	Reservations Made X Days Before Departure	Ticket Must be Issued
  AONE	7 days	7 days prior to departure
  DONE	7 days	7 days prior to departure
  LONE	22 or more days 21 to 8 days	21 days prior to departure 7 days prior to departure

  Travel Originates in Area 2/3
  Reservations for the first international flight and all preceding flights may be made any time prior to departure of the first flight. Subsequent segments may be open. tickets may be issued up to one hour prior to departure. effective 10 October 2003 the following new restrictions will apply. For reservations made X or more days before departure the ticket must be issued within X days after the reservation is made. Replace X with the number of days as per the following table.

  Fare Basis	Reservations Made X Days Before Departure	Ticket Must be Issued
  AONE	Anytime	1 hour prior to departure
  DONE	Anytime	1 hour prior to departure
  LONE	22 or more days 21 to 8 days 7 days or less	21 days prior to departure 7 days prior to departure 1 hour prior to departure

• Tickets must be issued on the ticket stock of AA/AY/BA/CX/EI/IB/LA//LP/QF

• The endorsement box of the original and reissued ticket must show - valid only on AA/AY/BA/CX/EI/IB/LA/LP/QF

• In certain cases when a ticket is purchased outside the country of origin of the itinerary, a special pricing procedure known as a currency of payment check must be performed. This sometimes results in the ticket having to be handwritten.

1. Applies to First/Business/Economy Round The World Travel via AA/AY/BA/CX/EI/IB/LA/LP/QF, including all oneworld affiliates:
   | American Airlines | British Airways | Cathay Pacific | Iberia | Qantas |
   | Finnair | Aer Lingus | Lan Airlines S.A |
   American Airlines
   • American Eagle  (including flights operated by executive air)
   • American Connection  (operated by Chautauqua Airline, Regionsair, Trans States)
   British Airways
   • CitiExpress
   • Cityflyer Express
   • British Meditteranean
   • Comair
   • GB Airways
   • Loganair
   • Sun Air
   Cathay Pacific
   • None
   Iberia
   • Air Nostrum
   • Binter Mediterranean
   Qantas
   • Qantaslink  (operated by AWOPS)
     (Cancelled 25May04 Last travel date 24May04)
   • Impulse.
     (Cancelled 25May04 Last travel date 24May04)
   • National Jet Systems
   • Eastern Australia
   • Southern Australia
   • Sunstate Airlines
   • JetConnect
   Finnair
   • None
   Aer Lingus
   • None
   Lan Airlines S.A
   • Lan Peru
   • Lan Express  (Under LA* code)

   Please note:   If a codeshare flight is used, the operating carrier must be a oneworld member or one of its affiliated carriers as listed above.

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   Example:
   Incorrect Itinerary:
   

   1 AA63M 01APR J CDGMIA HK1 1220P 320P 2 QF306M 06APR Q EZEAKL HK1 1159P 440A /OPERATED BY AEROLINEAS ARGENTINAS/**

    *AR is not an Affiliate
   Correct itinerary:
   

   1 AF301M 25SEP M SYDBKK HK1 415P 945P /OPERATED BY BRITISH AIRWAYS/ 2 BA10M 25SEP M BKKLHR HK1 1100P 520A

2. Origin-destination surface permitted:*
   • Within country of origin.
     
   • Within Africa
   • Within the Middle East
   • Between HKG-China,
   • Between Bangladesh and BKK/SIN
   • Within South America and
   • Between Malaysia and SIN.
   *(Please note, US and Canada are considered the same country.
   Denmark, Norway and Sweden are considered the same country.)

3. Fares apply only if purchased prior to departure from point of origin.
4. For tickets issued on/before 30JUN05, travel not permitted on CX flights between Hong Kong and Vietnam.
5. For tickets issued on/after 01JUL05, travel not permitted on CX between Hong Kong and Hanoi.
6. Cuba Travel Restriction:
   If a ticket includes travel to/from/via Cuba it may not also include flight segments for travel on American Airlines or American Eagle due to U.S. government restrictions. Any such ticket will not be honoured by American Airlines and cannot be used to travel on American Airlines.