EF Now offers ATW fares/rules

[Dave Noble]

From email from EF today

We also would like to announce an addition to our Fare Information access for our Premium subscribers. Now, you can retrieve Around the World, Circle Fares, and other regional fares sold by the major airline alliances: Oneworld, Star Alliance and SkyTeam.

These so-called "RTW" fares are designed for extensive travel throughout the world for a set price and allow multiple stopovers within the constraint of the fare. They are available in Economy, Business and First class, where available.

To retrieve the fares, just enter the same three-letter airport code for both the Departing Airport (your first point of departure) and the Arriving Airport in the Fare Information entry screen. Also, you may specify the airline in the alliance from whom you want to purchase the ticket using the Airline Code box. Up to three airlines may be specified and they can be from different alliances.

In addition to displaying the fare, we provide all published routing and purchasing rules and restrictions.

 

[serfty]

Brilliant!

The formatting leaves a lot to be desired but one can get an idea:

AA/AY/BA/CX/EI/IB/LA/QF/LP ONEWORLD EXPLORER FARES APPLICATION CLASS OF SERVICE THESE FARES APPLY FOR FIRST/BUSINESS/ECONOMY CLASS SERVICE. TYPES OF TRANSPORTATION FARES GOVERNED BY THIS RULE CAN BE USED TO CREATE ROUND-THE-WORLD JOURNEYS. TRAVEL MUST BEGIN AND END AT THE SAME POINT EXCEPT ORIGIN-DESTINATION SURFACE SEGMENTS PERMITTED AS FOLLOWS - WITHIN COUNTRY OF ORIGIN WITHIN MIDDLE EAST WITHIN SOUTH AMERICA BETWEEN THE USA AND CANADA BETWEEN HKG AND CHINA. BETWEEN BANGLADESH AND BKK/SIN. BETWEEN MALAYSIA AND SINGAPORE WITHIN AFRICA --- FARES APPLY ONLY IF PURCHASED PRIOR TO DEPARTURE. --- FARES ALSO APPLY FROM -ALL- AUSTRALIAN REGIONAL PORTS SERVICED BY QANTASLINK. CAPACITY LIMITATIONS THE CARRIER SHALL LIMIT THE NUMBER OF PASSENGERS CARRIED ON ANY ONE FLIGHT AT FARES GOVERNED BY THIS RULE AND SUCH FARES WILL NOT NECESSARILY BE AVAILABLE ON ALL FLIGHTS. THE NUMBER OF SEATS, WHICH THE CARRIER SHALL MAKE AVAILABLE ON A GIVEN FLIGHT, WILL BE DETERMINED BY THE CARRIER$S BEST JUDGEMENT. OTHER CONDITIONS FOR FLIGHTS WHERE NO FIRST OR BUSINESS CLASS IS AVAILABLE OR OFFERED FIRST CLASS PASSENGERS WILL TRAVEL IN BUSINESS/ECONOMY CLASS AND BUSINESS CLASS PASSENGERS WILL TRAVEL IN ECONOMY CLASS. THE FARE FOR THE HIGHEST CLASS USED APPLIES AND NO REFUND WLL BE GIVEN EXCEPTION - FOR SERVICES WITHIN/BETWEEN THE USA AND CANADA WHERE NO -D- CLASS IS OFFERED BUSINESS CLASS PASSENGERS MAY BOOK AND TRAVEL IN -A- CLASS SUBJECT TO AVAILABILITY. THIS PROVISION DOES NOT APPLY ON ANY FLIGHT WHERE A BUSINESS CLASS CABIN EXISTS BUT IS UNAVAILABLE FOR BOOKING. --- A MINIMUM OF 3 AND A MAXIMUM OF 20 FLIGHT SEGMENTS ARE PERMITTED FOR THE ENTIRE JOURNEY. --- THE FARE TO BE CHARGED IS DETERMINED BY THE NUMBER OF GEOGRAPHIC CONTINENTS IN THE ITINERARY INCLUDING THE CONTINENT OF ORIGIN. CONTINENTS ARE DEFINED AS - EUROPE/MIDDLE EAST INCLUDING ALGERIA/MOROCCO/TUNISIA/EGYPT/SUDAN - AFRICA - ASIA - SOUTH WEST PACIFIC - NORTH AMERICA INCLUDING CARIBBEAN/CENTRAL AMERICA/PANAMA - SOUTH AMERICA. --- EFFECTIVE FOR SALES ON/BEFORE 31JUL06 - THE DATE OF THE FIRST INTERCONTINENTAL SECTOR DETERMINES THE APPLICABLE SEASONAL FARE FOR THE ENTIRE JOURNEY. IF THE OUTBOUND INTERCONTINENTAL SECTOR IS OPEN DATED CHARGE THE PEAK SEASON FARE. EFFECTIVE FOR SALES ON/AFTER 01AUG06 - THE DATE OF THE FIRST INTERCONTINENTAL SECTOR DETERMINES THE APPLICABLE SEASONAL FARE FOR THE ENTIRE JOURNEY. SEASONALITY WILL BE DETERMINED BY THE COUNTRY OF COMMENCEMENT OF TRAVEL. IF THE OUTBOUND INTERCONTINENTAL SECTOR IS OPEN DATED CHARGE THE PEAK SEASON FARE. --- BAGGAGE REGULATIONS-THE PIECE SYSTEM APPLIES TO PASSENGERS TRAVELLING ON A ONEWORLD EXPLORER FARE. --- EFFECTIVE FOR SALES ON/AFTER 01AUG06 - PASSENGER EXPENSES NOT PERMITTED.

 

[serfty]

... EFFECTIVE FOR SALES ON/AFTER 01AUG06 - PASSENGER EXPENSES NOT PERMITTED.

Wonder what that means or implies?

 

[Kiwi Flyer]

Wonder what that means or implies?

Perhaps it means the airlines aren't liable for accommodation when a transit is forced overnight (sorry I forget the code for this but it applies on full fare tickets where a through fare exists but schedule forces an overnight stop)?