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| | The One World Alliance offers two different Around the World fares the One World Explorer Fare and the the
Global Explorer Programs. The One World Explorer program is unique to the Around the World market as the fare is based on the number of continents visited and has no mileage or directional restrictions. The member airlines of this alliance along with four additional non member airlines offers several mileage based Round the World fares which are discussed in detail at the Global Explorer Program link but this section is dedicated to just the One World Explorer Fare. All the airlines in this alliance participate in each other’s frequent flyer program, frequent flyer miles may be accumulated on all the airlines. Lounge access of participating carriers and other mutually agreed perks are also available to those utilizing this program. The One World Alliance consists of: American Airlines,, British Airways,, Cathay Pacific,, FinnAir, Iberia, Lan Chile,
Malev Airlines,
Japan Airlines,
Royal
Jordanian
and Qantas Airways. as well as the affiliate airlines: Air Nostrum, American Eagle, American Connection, CityFlyer, Comair,
Dragonair,
Jalways,
JAL Express,
J-Air,
Japan Transocean Air,
Jetconnect,
Lan Express, Lan Peru,
Lan
Argentina,
Lan
Ecuador, Loganair,
Qantas Link, and Sun-Air.
The One World Explorer fare structure limits the number of segments you may fly in any continent to four, so extensive travel in any particular region is not possible. Additional segments can be purchased for reasonable additional fees.
| COACH (HIGH) | BUSINESS CLASS | FIRST CLASS | THREE CONTINENTS | $3,900 | $7,500 | $10,600 | FOUR CONTINENTS | $4,100 | $8,300 | $11,400 | FIVE CONTINENTS | $4,900 | $9,500 | $13,100 | SIX CONTINENTS | $5,300 | $11,100 | $15,400 |
The prices listed above do not reflect any additional taxes and are subject to change without notice until you actually purchase the ticket. The prices listed above do not reflect any additional taxes and are subject to change without notice until you actually purchase the ticket. Below you will find a review of the various routing options as well as some pros and cons of the program to consider. We hope this helps in your decision making process. Continents for the purpose of this fare are defines as: | Europe | Europe and the Middle East, including Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, Sudan and Tunisia | Africa | All countries of Africa excluding those listed above. | Asia | All countries in Asia, including the Indian subcontinent | South Pacific | Southwest Pacific, including Australia, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea | North America | North America, including Canada, the United States, the Caribbean, Mexico, Central America and Panama | | South America | All South American countries south of Panama |
| North and Central America |
For the purpose of this fare both North and Central America are lumped together (see chart above) as one destination and the number of stops in both regions is limited to three. North America is represented by American Airlines and they are the largest airline in the world, servicing an extensive array of destinations throughout this continent. All the other airlines in One World, have limited service to North American cities, and it is relatively easy to get connections at major transfer points throughout North America. There are no Central American or Canadian carriers in this group and service to those regions is limited. Lan
Chile along with its subsidiaries Lan Argentina, Lan Ecuador and Lan Peru provide extensive service in this region. Other South American routes are serviced by American, British, and Iberia airlines. American Airlines services many destinations to Central America, but no Central American carrier participates in this program. Lan Chile and Qantas have a routing from Santiago to New Zealand and Australia, but there is no direct service to Africa from South America with any of the carriers in this alliance. Lan Chile is the only airline with service to Easter Island and if this is a must see this might be a fare to consider | Europe, Middle East & North Africa |
For the purpose of this fare Europe the Middle East and the Northern Africa countries of Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, Sudan and Tunisia are linked together as one continent. British Airways, Fin Air,
Malev, Iberia, and Royal Jordanian are incorporated in the alliance and provide extensive service in Europe. British Airways has an extensive route network to Northern African and Middle East
destinations are serviced by the extensive route network of Royal Jordanian. All other Alliance members offer some service in this region.
Cathay Pacific has a major hub located in Hong Kong and minor one in Bangkok. Cathay Pacific is a dominant airline in the region and has an extensive route network on the Asian continent.
The addition of Cathay affiliate Dragonair opens up a host of routing in China.
With the recent addition of Japan Airlines an extensive array of destinations
are serviced in this region Qantas Airways has some routing to and through some cities in Asia. American Airlines, as well as British Airlines have limited service to the region. Qantas has a routing from Sydney to Johannesburg, and Cathay Pacific has a Hong Kong to South Africa routing as well. Royal
Jordanian Airlines services many destinations in the middle east but travel
within Africa is somewhat limited. Some travel within Africa is permitted utilizing British Airways subsidiaries. British Airways also has connections to various locations in Africa from London while both Iberia and Fin Air having limited service to the continent from Europe Led by Qantas, and with the help of British Airways, an extensive
route network is available throughout the South Pacific. Again you will be limited by the fare structure to four flight segments or three stops in the South Pacific before you are accessed a penalty. Itineraries listed below are only samples: Thousands of different routings are possible: Three continents itinerary: Chicago - London - Athens - Cairo - Bombay - Bangkok - Hong Kong - Los Angeles- Chicago Four continent itinerary: Chicago - Hawaii - Auckland - Sydney - Bali -Hong Kong - Bangkok - Delhi - London - Madrid - Helsinki - Athens - Chicago Five continents itinerary: Chicago - Los Angeles - Hong Kong - Bangkok - Singapore - Sydney - Cairns- Darwin - Perth - Harare - Johannesburg- Victoria Falls - London - Istanbul - Helsinki - New York - Chicago Six continent itinerary: Chicago - Santiago - Buenos Aires- Sao Paulo- London - Athens- Stockholm - Cape Town - Johannesburg - Victoria Falls - Hong Kong - Bombay - Singapore - Cairns - Sydney - Fiji - Hawaii - Chicago These are just a few of the possible routings, thousands of different routing possibilities can be utilized with theses fares
This fare must be booked with the one world airline
which will be used for the first international segment. Mileage calculator: This is a great link to determine mileages between principal cities
Airline Schedules:
For detailed schedule information of the airlines participating in these programs please use the above link. Airline Maps: For detailed route network maps of the primary airlines in this group use this link.
- Global Explorer is
available on scheduled flights that are both operated
and marketed by a oneworld airline
(American Airlines (AA), British Airways (BA), Cathay
Pacific (CX, KA), Finnair (AY), Iberia (IB), JAL Japan
Airlines (JL), LAN (LA,LP,XL,4M), Malév Hungarian
Airlines (MA), Qantas (QF), Royal Jordanian Airlines
(RJ), or on a oneworld member airline
affiliate ("marketed" means a oneworld
airline flight number must be reserved and on the ticket
for the specific flight in question) or flights operated
and marketed by Aer Lingus (EI), Air Pacific (AF), Gulf
Air (GF).
- Also permitted are
Qantas (QF) codeshare services operated by Air Niugini (PX),
Air Tahiti Nui (TN), Air Vietnam (VN), South African
Airways (SA), Air Vanuatu (NF) and Aircalin (SB). No
other codeshare services are permitted.
- If an aircraft serving
part of your itinerary does not have a First or Business
Cabin, customers will be booked into a lower-class
cabin.
- Frequent Flyer Mileage
and tier points, where applicable, can be accrued only
from eligible fares in the cabin flown.
- Seasonal peak and basic
Economy fares (applies to travel originating in
Australia, New Zealand, Ireland and the United Kingdom)
are determined by first interregional sector by
different sets of dates within each departure region.
All other fares apply year round.
- Travel on the last
International sector must commence no earlier than 10
days after commencement of the first International
sector, except:
- EXCEPTION 1 - 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.
- EXCEPTION 2 - For
travel originating in the South West Pacific, no
minimum stay requirement for First or Business Class
- Tickets must be issued
on the stock of AA/AY/BA/CX/EI/FJ/GF/IB/JL/KA/LA/LP/MA/QF/RJ/XL/4M
- EXCEPTION 1: When EI
participates on an itinerary, AA, AY, BA, CX, EI, GF,
IB, JL, MA or QF stock must be utilised.
- EXCEPTION 2: When FJ
participates on an itinerary, AA, AY, BA, CX, FJ, GF,
IB, JL, KA, MA, QF or RJ stock must be utilised.
- EXCEPTION 3: When GF
participates on an itinerary, AA, AY, BA, CX, EI, FJ,
GF, IB, JL, KA, MA, QF or RJ stock must be utilised.
- EXCEPTION 4: When KA
participates on an itinerary, AA, AY, BA, CX, FJ, GF,
IB, JL, KA, LA, LP, MA, QF, RJ, XL or 4M stock must
be utilised
- EXCEPTION 5: When LA
participates on an itinerary, AA, AY, BA, CX, IB, JL,
KA, LA, LP, MA, QF, RJ, XL or 4M stock must be
utilised
- EXCEPTION 6: When LP
participates on an itinerary, AA, AY, BA, CX, IB, JL,
KA, LA, LP, MA, QF, RJ, XL or 4M stock must be
utilised.
- EXCEPTION 7: When RJ
participates on an itinerary, AA, AY, BA, CX, FJ, GF,
IB, JL, KA, LA, LP, MA, QF, RJ, XL or 4M stock must
be utilised.
- EXCEPTION 8: When XL
participates on an itinerary, AA, AY, BA, CX, IB, JL,
KA, LA, LP, MA, QF, RJ, XL or 4M stock must be
utilised.
- EXCEPTION 9: When 4M
participates on an itinerary, AA, AY, BA, CX, IB, JL,
KA, LA, LP, MA, QF, RJ, XL or 4M stock must be
utilised.
- All information,
routings, available destinations and fares are subject
to change without notice. These fares are limited to
availability and capacity controls. Some penalties may
apply concerning rebooking, rerouting, cancellations and
refunds.
- All destinations you
wish to travel to must be stated at time of purchase,
before departure from country of origin. You must have
booked and received a ticket for your first
international flight (and any preceding local flights)
at least seven days prior to travel when your journey
originates. All remaining flights may be left open (i.e.
without confirmed flight numbers and dates), as long as
each flight is then reserved prior to departure. In some
departing countries, tickets can be booked or issued up
to one hour before departure. Local fees may apply.
- If a ticket includes
travel to/from/via Cuba it may not also include flight
segments for travel on American Airlines, American
Eagle, American Connection due to U.S. government
restrictions.
- Children and infants:
Children pay 75%. Infants pay 10%.
- Minimum stay: 10 days.
Maximum stay: 12 months
- Conditions of carriage
and regulations. The carriage of passengers, baggage and
cargo is subject to the conditions of carriage and
regulations of the carriers concerned, copies of which
may be requested from each airline.
- An economy Global
Explorer fare may be upgraded to a higher-tiered Global
Explorer or a first/business class Global Explorer fare
without penalty on payment of the additional fare.
- A business Global
Explorer fare may be upgraded to a first class Global
Explorer fare without penalty on payment of the
additional fare.
- Upgrading by sector to
business/first class is not permitted.
- For tickets issued
before or on 31 May 2008, a maximum of 20 flight and
surface segments is permitted for the entire journey.
For tickets issued on or after 1 June 2008, a maximum of
16 flight and surface segments will be permitted for the
entire journey. Intermediate surface sectors are
permitted at passenger's expense. Surface sectors must
be included in the total mileage.
- Backtracking between
regions is not permitted, except that Asia may be passed
through twice providing one of the departure/arrivals in
Asia is a transit without stopover in conjunction with
travel between the South West Pacific and Europe.
- Travel may not be via
the original point of origin, except for origin
Australia in conjunction with travel to Papua New Guinea
where one of the departure/arrivals is a transfer
without stopover.
- Only one international
departure and one International arrival to/from the
country of origin is permitted, except two are permitted
for origin Australia in conjunction with travel to Papua
New Guinea.
- Travel between USA and
Canada is not considered an International
arrival/departure for the purposes of this fare.
- The 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.
- Global Explorer fares
will be subject to taxes, passenger fees and charges.
- Further conditions
apply.
All information contained
herein is correct as of 01 April 2008 but is subject to
change without notice.
American Airlines, British
Airways, Cathay Pacific, Finnair, Iberia, JAL, LAN, Malév,
Qantas and Royal Jordanian are trademarks of their
respective companies.
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