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Air Fares and Ticketing – Fares and Rules reference guide – Levels 1 and 2 1 Abbreviations and Definitions attached by the carrier to a particular article of checked baggage and the baggage (identification) tag portion of which is given to the passenger. – Baggage, Unchecked A baggage of which the passenger retains custody. – Banker’s Buying Rate (BBR) The rate at which, for the purpose of the transfer of funds through banking channels (i.e. other than transactions in bank notes, travellers cheques and similar banking instruments) , a bank will purchase a given amount of foreign currency in exchange for one unit (or units) of the national currency of the country in which the exchange transaction takes place. – Banker’s Exchange Rate via NW: The BER to be used in the USA/ Canada shall be the BSR. The BER in other countries shall follow local industry practice and local government mandate. – Banker’s Selling Rate (BSR) The rate at which, for the purpose of the transfer of funds through banking channels (i.e. other than transactions in bank notes, travellers cheques and similar banking instruments), a bank will sell a given amount of foreign currency in exchange for one unit (or units) of the national currency of the country in which the exchange transaction takes place. – Between... and.. Either in one or in the other direction between two given places or areas. – Blackout dates Certain days or periods when travel at specified fares is not permitted, unless otherwise stated. – Booking See ‘Reservation’. – Business Class Fare The full fare established for normal, regular or usual service, the application of which is not dependent upon any specifically limited period of ticket validity or other special circumstances. – Carriage The equivalent to the term, ‘transportation’, means carriage of passengers and/orbaggage by air, gratuitously or for hire. – Carriage, International (except for the purpose of the Warsaw Convention) the carriage in which, according to the contract of carriage, the place of departure and any place of landing are situated in more than one State. As used in this definition, the term ‘State’ includes all territory subject to the sovereignty, suzerainty, mandate, authority or trusteeship thereof. – Carrier The air carrier issuing the ticket and all air carriers that carry or undertake to carry the passenger and/or his baggage thereunder or to perform any other services related to such air carriage. EXCEPTIONS: 1 via AA/AC/CO/CP/TW except between Canada and Puerto Rica/Virgin Islands and via MX/US: Includes the air carrier issuing the ticket and all air carriers that carry or undertake to carry the passenger and/or his baggage thereunder or perform or undertake to perform any other services related to such air carriage. 2 via all other carriers: (except via NW) Any air carrier shown as a participant in this tariff. – Carrier, First The participating carrier over whose air routes the first section of carriage is undertaken or performed. – Carrier, Issuing The equivalent to Airline, Issuing, is the carrier whose Air Waybill or Ticket is issued. – Carrier, Last The participating carrier over whose air routes the last section of carriage under the Ticket is undertaken or performed. – Carrier, Operating The airline actually providing carriage or other services incidental to such air carriage. The operating carrier. may be different from the Marketing Carrier in situations where bilateral agreements exist, e.g. code share agreement. – Carrier, Participating A carrier over whose routes one or more sections of carriage under the Air Waybill or Ticket is undertaken or performed. – Certified (Death or Illness) Substantiated by a death/ medical certificate. – Change of Equipment A scheduled change of aircraft, occuring at least once enroute, that is identified by one airline designator/ flight number between the station of origin and destination points. – Change of Gauge See Change of Equipment. – Charge An amount to be paid for carriage of goods or excess baggage based on the applicable rate for such carriage; or an amount to be paid for a special or incidental service in connection with the carriage of a passenger, or baggage. – Charge, Cancellation The service charge made by reason of failure of a passenger to use reserved accommodation without having cancelled such accommodation prior to the latest appropriate time for cancellation specified by the carrier. – Charge, Excess Baggage A charge for the carriage of excess baggage. – Charge, Joint A charge which applies for carriage over the lines of two or more carriers and which is published as a single amount. – Charge, Local A charge which applies for carriage over the lines of a single carrier. – Charge, On-line See Charge, Local. – Charge, Published A charge, the amount of which is specifically set forth in the carrier fares or rates tariff. – Charge, Through The total charge from point of departure to point of destination. It may be a joint charge or a combination of charges. – Charge, Valuation A charge for carriage of baggage, based on the declared value for carriage of such baggage. – Charges, Combination of An amount which is obtained by combining two or more charges. – Charter The hire of an aircraft. – Checked Baggage See Baggage, Checked – Child A person who has reached his/her second birthday but not his/her 12th birthday as of the date of commencement of travel, paying children’s fare as per Rule 6.2.2. – Circle Trip: 1 via DL: Travel, other than a round trip, from one point and return to the same point by a continuous, circuitous air route, including journeys comprising two fare components but which do not meet the conditions of the round trip definition; provided that where no reasonable direct scheduled air route is available between two points, a break in the circle between two fare construction points may be travelled by any other means of transportation without prejudice to the circle trip. 2 via JL: Travel from a point and return thereto by a continuous, circuitous air route, including journeys comprising two fare components but which do not meet the conditions of the round trip definition provided that where no reasonable direct scheduled air route is available between two points, a break in the circle between two fare construction points may be travelled by any other means of transportation without prejudice to the circle trip. 3 via NW: A journey from one point and return to the same point wherein the outbound and inbound fare amounts (including mileage surcharges and higher intermediate fares) are not the same. 4 via US: a. Where travel from and to the same point for which different inbound and outbound fares apply; and/or b. Where a higher intermediate point or mileage surcharge is assessed; and/or c. Where more than 2 fare components apply for the journey. EXCEPTION: Between Canada and Puerto Rico/Virgin Islands; Any trip, the ultimate destination of which is the point of origin, but which includes a stop at. least at one other point; and which is not made via the same routing in both directions. – Circle trip – Normal Fares See definition in Rule 2.6. – Circle trip – Special Fares See definition in Rule 2.7. – Combination (of fares) Whenever two or more OW or RT or half RT fares are used and shown separately in a fare calculation. Combinations are only permitted with fares with by their own terms are combinable. Fares used in combination are to be shown separately on the ticket. – Common Interest Group Adult passengers who have a bona tide common interest in travelling together by the same routing to the same destination. The common interest must be other than that of qualifying for the discount. – Composite Flight A flight composed of two or more member flights of any type, that is identified by an airline designator/flight number combination different from any from any of the member flights. Example: TW Flight 997, from A to C is the composite flight of TW flight 15 from A to B, plus TW flight 95 from B to C. – Conditions of Carriage The terms and conditions established by a carrier in respect to its carriage. – Conditions of Contract The terms and conditions shown on the Passenger Ticket and Baggage Check. – Connecting Carrier A carrier to whose services the passenger and his baggage are to be transferred for onward connecting transportation. – Conjunction ticket Two or more tickets concurrently issued to a passenger and which together constitute a single contract of carriage. – Connection via BA When a passenger is scheduled to depart to the next ticketed point on the date of arrival on the scheduled services of the same or another carrier. If there is no scheduled service to the next ticketed point on the day of arrival, departure within 24h shall constitute a connection unless restricted by a specific rule. – Consequential Damages Damages which are reasonable out of pocket expenses and other provable damages incurred by the passenger as the consequence of the loss/ damage/ delay in the delivery of such personal property. – Constructed tare Unspecified through fares created by the use of add-on amounts, or two or more fares shown as a single amount in a tare calculation and shown as ‘C/’. – Convention The Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules relating to International Carriage by Air, signed at Warsaw, Oct. 12, 1929, or that Convention as amended by the Hague Protocol, 1955, whichever may be applicable to the carriage hereunder. – Co-Terminal Two or more relatively adjacent airports, which for the purpose of these fares, will be considered the same point. EXCEPTION; via AA/BA: Specified cities which may be considered the same point for determination of journey type. – Country of commencement of transportation The country from which travel on the first international sector takes place. – Country of payment The country where payment is made by the purchaser to the carrier or its agent, Payment by cheque, credit card or other banking instruments shall be deemed to have been made at the place where such instrument is accepted by the carrier or its agent. – Country of Unit Origin For tickets issued on or after 1 June 2000: The country in which the unit origin is situated. – Coupon, Flight That portion of a Ticket annotated ‘good for passage’ or a segment(s) of an Electronic Ticket. 46 08/05
Air Fares and Ticketing – Fares and Rules reference guide – Levels 1 and 2 – Coupon, Passenger The portion of the Passenger Ticket and Baggage Check that Constitutes the passenger’s written evidence of the contract of carriage, – Currency of the country of payment The currency in which international fares from that country are denominated. – Date of transaction The date of issuance of the ticket, MCO or PTA. – Days Full calendar days, including Sundays and legal holidays; provided that, for the purpose of notification, the balance of the day upon which notice is dispatched shall not be counted; and that for purposes of determining duration of validity the balance of the day upon which the ticket is issued or flight has commenced shall not be counted. – Deadline Reservations: the minimum number of days months before the day of departure by which reservations must be made. -’Ticketing’: the minimum number of days months before the day of departure by which payment and ticketing must be completed; the issue date of a PTA constitutes the ticketing date. Notes: 1 When “deadline” is used in paragraphs other than Reservations and Ticketing, the term refers to the deadline for reservations and ticketing. When different deadlines apply, the relevant deadline will be indicated e.g. “before ticketing deadline.” 2 ‘Before deadline’ includes transactions made also on the deadline date. 3 (Only applicable when specifically referred to in a Fare Rule) Where this date falls on a weekend/public holiday, the last preceding business day becomes the deadline. – Declared Value for Carriage The value of goods or baggage declared to the carrier by the passenger for the purposes of determining charges or of establishing the limit of the carriers liability for loss, damage or delay. – Departure The day/time of the flight on which the passenger is booked/ticketed to travel. Notes 1. before departure: the definition refers to the first flight of the pricing unit. 2. after departure: the definition refers to subsequent flights of the pricing unit. – Destination The ultimate stopping place of the journey as shown on the passenger ticket. EXCEPTION via AC/CO/CP/TW: The ultimate destination (via CO) point of the passenger’s journey as shown on the ticket. – Direct route The shortest all year route operated by a carrier in both directions between ticketed points at which it exercises traffic rights. . . . Note: Routings carrying global indicators (such as AT and EH) are considered direct. – Direct route fare The fare over the direct route between two points. When no direct route fare exists between two ticketed points a fare must be established by combination over a ticketed point on the itinerary. EXCEPTION: via NW: The fare applicable to the direct route between two points, i.e. without regard to actual routing or stopover. – Direct routing The shortest route operated by any carrier in both directions between two ticketed points. – Domestic via BA Travel within a sovereign state (IATA country code). – Domestic Carriage Travel in which, according to the contract of carriage, the points of departure, stopover and destination are within one sovereign state. – Domestic tare A fare applicable between points in the same country. – Domestic transfer A change from the domestic service of one carrier to another domestic service of the same carrier (online transfer) or to the domestic service of another carrier (interline transfer). See also definition of Transfer in Rule 2.1.10.1 – Double Open-Jaw Trip See Open-Jaw – EC Member States (IATA definition for tariff purposes) Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom. – Economy Class Fare The full fare established for normal/regular or usual service, the application of which is not dependent upon any specifically limited period of ticket validity or other special circumstances. – Educational Establishment A school/academy/college/university offering full-time educational/vocational/technical courses for a school year. Does not include a commercial office, industrial/military establishment or hospital at which a student is serving an apprenticeship unless such apprenticeship is part of the school curriculum at the educational establishment at which the student is enrolled. – End-on combination Combination of two or more fares which could be ticketed separately at a fare construction point (not applicable to combination of fares between the same points). EXCEPTION: via AA/AS/DL/JL: Combination of two or more fares at a fare construction point (not applicable to combination of fares between the same points). – Endorsement The transfer of authority required when a passenger with an international ticket wishes to rebook to a carrier other than the carrier shown on the ticket. – End-to-End See:End-on Combination. – Exchange Order A document issued by a carrier or its agents requesting issue of an appropriate Passenger Ticket and Baggage Check or provision of services to the person named in such document. – Extraterritorial Trip Between Canada and Puerto Rico/Virgin Islands: Any trip which includes transportation: 1 via one or more carriers within the area consisting of Continental USA and Canada; and 2 via commercial air (not including charter services or military air services to or from any point outside such area). – Fare The amount charged by the earner for the carriage of a passenger and his allowable free baggage and is the current fare which a carrier in the publication it normally uses to publish fares, holds out to the public, or the appropriate segment of the public, as being applicable to the class of service to be furnished. – Fare, Applicable For tickets issued on or after 1 June 2000: For fare construction purposes, a fare which is established after the application of all fare construction calculations, e.g. excess mileage fare, higher intermediate fare, etc. – Fare break points See ‘Fare Construction Points’. – Fare component A portion of an itinerary between two consecutive fare construction points. If the journey has only one fare component, the points of origin and destination are the only fare construction points. EXCEPTIONS: 1 via AC/AS/CO/CP//MX/TR/TW: Each local currency fare (except add-ons) where more than one such fare is used in construction of the total fare for a journey. 2 via BA: A portion of an itinerary between two consecutive fare break points. 3 via NW: (Or Fare Sector) The portion of an itinerary between two fare construction points. 4 via all other carriers: The fare charged between two points. – Fare, Constructed See ‘Constructed Fare’ – Fare construction points The terminal points of a fare component. These are also termed fare break points. EXCEPTION: via RG/TR: The origin and/or 1 Abbreviations and Definitions destination of a fare component. – Fare, Direct For tickets issued on or after 1 June 2000: For fare construction purposes, a fare between two points without the application of fare construction calculations. – Fare, Local A fare which applies over the lines of a single carrier. – Fare, Joint A fare which applies over the lines of two or more carriers and which is published as a single amount. – Fare, On-line See Fare, Local. – Fare, Proportional A fare published for use only in combination with other fares for carriage from, to or through a specified point. – Fare, Published A fare, the amount of which is specifically set forth in the carrier’s fares tariff. – Fare, Sectional A fare for travel by one class of service which is established and used by a scheduled air cairrier(s) (including any individual joint fares) for a section of a through route. – Fare, Special A fare other than the normal fare. – Fare, Specified The fare specifically set out in a Tariff. – Fare, Through The total fare from point of departure to point of destination. FARE, TOUR BASING means a fare which may be used only for air transportation as part of an inclusive tour. – Fare, Tourist See Fare, Economy. – Fares, Combination of An amount which is obtained by combining two or more fares. – Fee, Cancellation See Charge, Cancellation. – First Class Fare The full fare established for normal, regular or usual service, the application of which is not dependent upon any specifically limited period of ticket validity or other special circumstances. – Flight coupon See ‘Coupon, Flight’ – Flight Number The numerical designation of a flight. – Foreign Air Transportation (Except via JL/NW/TA/TR) Transportation between a point in the USA and a point outside thereof. – Forfeit, Cancellation/ No Show See Charge, Cancellation. – Freedom (third) The right of an air carrier to carry to another country, passengers, freight and mail originating in the country in which it is registered. – Freedom (fourth) The right of an air carrier io carry, to the country in which it is registered, passenger, freight and mail originating in another country. Freedom Rights: 1 via 6Y/AR/AV/BA/CM/GU/GY/JM/KX/LA/ LR/RG/TA/TR/UP/VW/VX: – third Freedom: The right to deplane traffic in the foreign country that has. been enplaned in the home country of the carrier: – Fourth Freedom: The right to enplane traffic in the foreign country that is bound for the home country of the carrier. – Fifth Freedom: The right to enplane traffic in one foreign country and to deplane traffic in another foreign country. – Sixth Freedom: via BA: The right to enplane traffic in one foreign country, transport the traffic via the country of registration, and deplane the traffic in another foreign country. – Seventh Freedom: via BA: The right to enplane traffic in one foreign country and transport the traffic without transiting the country of registration. 2 via JL: – Third Freedom: The right for an air carrier to put down, in the territory of another state, passengers, freight and mail taken up in the State in which it is registered. – Fourth Freedom: The right for an air carrier to take on, in another State, passengers, freight 08/05 47
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