Global Explorer

Travel the Globe with Round-the-World Fares

The 12 member airlines of the oneworld® alliance seek to make worldwide travel an easier and more rewarding experience for you. Together we serve more than 750 destinations in almost 150 countries.
oneworld has teamed up with some airlines who are not members of the alliance to bring you Global Explorer fares - more destinations, more corners of the world to see, more great value.
Participating airlines in addition to all oneworld members are: Aer Lingus, Air Pacific, Alaska Airlines and its affiliate Horizon Air, Gulf Air, Kingfisher and Meridiana fly. Qantas code share flights operated by Air Tahiti Nui, Jetstar, South African Airways and Vietnam Airlines can also be used.

Routes

Your round-the-world itinerary could include a South Pacific island, some of the great cities of Europe, North and South America, Africa and Asia.

How Global Explorer works

Your itinerary will be round-the-world.
You can choose from four tiers that determine your fare, based on total distance flown:

Tier 1: Up to 26,000 miles (Available in economy class only)
Tier 2: Up to 29,000 miles (Available in economy class only)
Tier 3: Up to 34,000 miles (Fares offered in economy, business or first class)
Tier 4: Up to 39,000 miles (Available in economy class only)

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Planning Your Trip

Routings

Flights must be via both the Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans (travelling around the world in an eastbound or westbound direction). You may only cross each ocean once.
Your flights from one continent to another must be in a continuous eastward or westward direction. Once within a continent you are free to backtrack or roam locally at will provided you do not return to the point where your journey originated. (Backtracking between Hawaii and other points in North America is not permitted.)
You may choose to terminate your journey at a different location than you started, under the following conditions:
1. Within the country of origin
2. Within the Middle East
3. Between the USA and Canada
4. Between Hong Kong and another point in the People's Republic of China
5. Within Africa
6. Between Malaysia and Singapore
7. between Maldives & Sri Lanka/India

If you choose to travel by surface transport between two airports, the most direct flown distance between the origin and destination point of the surface sector will be counted towards your total flown mileage.

You may use the following oneworld airlines: American Airlines, British Airways, Cathay Pacific, Finnair, Iberia, JAL Japan Airlines, LAN, Malév Hungarian Airlines, Mexicana, Qantas, Royal Jordanian Airlines, S7 Airlines and any of their oneworld affiliates as well as Aer Lingus, Air Pacific, Alaska Airlines and its affiliate Horizon Air, Gulf Air, Kingfisher and Meridiana fly.
Travel on a service marketed under the airline code of one of the above airlines (known as a codeshare), and operated by another of the above airlines is permitted. Also permitted are Qantas codeshare services operated by Air Tahiti Nui (TN), Vietnam Airlines (VN), South African Airways (SA) and Jetstar* (JQ) - the Qantas flight number must appear on the reservation and ticket. *QF domestic Australia services operated by Jetstar (JQ) are not permitted for point of sale Australia.
An unlimited number of online direct transfers (a direct connection) is permitted within the Tier mileage allowed by your fare.
You may fly up to 16 flight segments on your trip. Travel between two airports by surface transportation will count as one flight segment.

Flights and stopovers

There are limits on the number of stopovers you may take:

Fare Tier	Stopovers permitted
Tier 1	Minimum of 2, maximum of 5 stopovers, with no more than 2 within any region.
Tier 2, 3 and 4	Minimum of 2 stopovers, with no more than 4 within any region.
All tiers	A maximum of two stopovers is permitted in your region of origin of which a maximum of one stopover is permitted in each direction in the country of origin. These are included in the above maximum stopover limits
Global Explorer regions are defined as: Europe and Middle East, including Algeria, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Egypt, Georgia Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Libya, Moldova, Morocco, Russia both east and west of the Urals, Sudan, Tajikistan, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Yemen Africa (excluding countries named above) Asia, including the Indian subcontinent (excluding countries names above) Australia, New Zealand and South West Pacific North America, including Caribbean, Central America and Panama South America (excluding countries named above) IATA regions are defined as: TC1: North America and South America TC2: Europe, Middle East and Africa TC3: Asia, South West Pacific

Minimum and maximum stay

You must stay away from your point of origin for at least 10 days. You may take up to 12 months to complete your trip. (No minimum stay for travel originating in South West Pacific, Hong Kong and Japan in first and business class)

Reservations

Reservations for the first international flight and all preceding flights are required. Please check the Global Explorer rule sheet (54kb, PDF) for further information.
You may leave subsequent flights open-dated, and reserve them as you go along.
All reservations and ticketing can be handled by American Airlines, British Airways, Cathay Pacific, Finnair, Iberia, JAL Japan Airlines, LAN, Malév Hungarian Airlines, Mexicana, Qantas, Royal Jordanian Airlines, S7 Airlines or any of their oneworld affiliates as well as Aer Lingus, Air Pacific, Alaska Airlines with its affiliate Horizon Air, Gulf Air, Kingfisher and Meridiana fly.
Global Explorer offers flexibility should you need to alter your travel arrangements. A charge may be payable for this service, and if your ticket needs to be reissued this may take up to 24 hours, so when making changes to your itinerary, please plan accordingly.

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Example Itineraries

A Global Explorer trip can be unique. With more than 750 destinations around the world to choose from, there are endless combinations to be explored. And you can start from any city served by a participating airline. To give you an idea of what Global Explorer offers, here are a few sample itineraries:
Tier 1: 26 000 MILES
Melbourne-Hong Kong-London-Madrid-Chicago-Los Angeles-Melbourne

Tier 2: 29 000 MILES
Sydney-Perth-Johannesburg-London-New York-Los Angeles-Sydney

Tier 3: 34 000 MILES
London-Bahrain-Mumbai-Bangkok-Hong Kong-Sydney-Nadi (Fiji)-Honolulu-Los Angeles-Santiago-Buenos Aires-London

Tier 4: 39 000 MILES
Sydney-Los Angeles-New York-Miami-Buenos Aires-Lima-Santiago-Madrid-Paris-Budapest-London-Hong Kong-Sydney

Please refer to the rule sheet for the full technical product details: Global Explorer rule sheet (54kb, PDF)

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Booking a Trip

Global Explorer fares can be booked through any travel agent or a reservations office of any oneworld member airline. Due to the complexity of these products, on-line booking through member airline sites is not currently available. However, reservations staff at the member airlines will be pleased to assist. For contact information select the member airline of your choice below.

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Terms and Conditions

Global Explorer is available on scheduled flights that are both operated and marketed by a oneworld airline or their affiliate (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), Mexicana (MX), Qantas (QF), Royal Jordanian Airlines (RJ), S7 Airlines (S7). "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 (FJ), Alaska Airlines (AS), Gulf Air (GF), Kingfisher (IT) and Maridiana fly (IG).
Also permitted are Qantas (QF) codeshare services operated by Air Tahiti Nui (TN), Vietnam Airlines (VN), South African Airways (SA) and Jetstar (JQ). 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.
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, Hong Kong,m Japan, no minimum stay requirement for First or Business Class
Tickets must be issued on the stock of AA/AS/AY/BA/CX/EI/FJ/GF/IB/IG/JL/KA/LA/LP/MA/MX/NU/QF/RJ//S7/XL/4M (Note: IT stock must not be used)
- EXCEPTIONS APPLY! Please see the Global Explorer rule sheet (54kb, PDF) for ticket stock exceptions
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 IATA regions TC2 and TC3, 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, AmericanConnection, Alaska Airlines or Horizon Air due to U.S. government restrictions.
Children and infants: Children pay 75%. Infants pay 10%.
Minimum stay: 10 days. Maximum stay: 12 months. No Minimum stay for travel originating in South West Pacific, Hong Kong or Japan in first or business class.
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.
A Global Explorer fare may be upgraded to a higher-tiered Global Explorer or oneworld Explorer fare or to a Global Explorer or oneworld Explorer fare in a higher cabin class without penalty.
Upgrading by sector to business/first class is not permitted.
A maximum of 16 flight and surface segments is permitted for the entire journey. Intermediate surface sectors between two airports are permitted at passenger's expense. Surface sectors must be included in the total mileage.
Only one intercontinental departure and one intercontinental arrival permitted in each continent. Exceptions apply. Please refer to the Global Explorer rule sheet (54kb, PDF) for further details.
Travel may not be via the original point of origin.
The same city pairs/sectors cannot be flown more than once in the same direction.
Only one international departure and one international arrival to/from the country of origin is permitted.
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 1 April, 2011 but is subject to change without notice.
American Airlines, British Airways, Cathay Pacific, Finnair, Iberia, JAL, LAN, Malév, Mexicana, Qantas, Royal Jordanian and S7 Airlines are trademarks of their respective companies.

Selasa, 19 April 2011

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