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Air Fares and Ticketing – Fares and Rules reference guide – Levels 1 and 2 1 Abbreviations and Definitions do not require ticket reissuance. EXCEPTION: via DL/NW: A change made in the reservation (via DL) to a different date. – Reconfirmation A requirement that passengers, under certain given circumstances, advise a carrier of their intention to use the space reserved. – Refund The repayment to the purchaser of all or a portion of a fare rate or charge for unused carriage or service. – Reissue An alteration to a ticket that cannot be done through revalidation and requires issuance of a new ticket. EXCEPTION: via AA/AS: Any change to a validated ticket requiring a replacement ticket be issued, including but not limited to the following: upgrade/ downgrade/ additional coupons/ increase in fare. – Related charges Charges such as cancellation penalties, nonrefundable amounts, rebooking and rerouting charges, stopover charges, weekend surcharges etc., and excess baggage charges. EXCEPTION: via DL Those charges to be shown in the fare construction box of the ticket, cancellation penalties, nonrefundable amounts, rebooking and rerouting charges and excess baggage charges. – Reroute To issue a new ticket covering transportation to the same destination, but via a different routing than that designated on the ticket, or to honour the ticket held by the passenger . for transportation to the same destination but via a different routing. EXCEPTIONS: 1 via AA/AR/CO/DL/JL/KE/LR/RG: A change of routing, fare, carriers, class of service, flight or date from that originally provided for on the ticket. (Except via KE) Not applicable to open tickets. 2 via NW: A change of routing, fare basis or amount, or carrier from that originally provided for on the ticket. Changes to flights and/or dates only do not constitute reroute. – Rerouting Change of routing or other changes which require ticket reissuance. – Reservations Equivalent to the term ‘booking’. The allotment in advance of seating or sleeping accommodation for a passenger or of space or weight capacity for baggage or goods. – Reservations Booking Designator The code used in reservation messages to denote the compartment in which reservations are made. – Resident A person legally living in a country of which he/ she is/is not a citizen (via AS/CO/MX/US) provided that a more restricted definition may form part of a local agreement. – Return Journey See Round Trip. – Return Subjourney For tickets issued on or after 1 June 2000: Part of a journey wherein travel is from a point/ country and return thereto and for which the fare is assessed as a single pricing unit using half round trip fares – round trip, circle trip, normal fare open jaw; also applicable to special fare open jaw returning to the same or another country. – Revalidation The authorised stamping or writing upon the Passenger Ticket evidencing that it has been officially altered by the carrier (via NW) to change flights and/or dates only. There can be no change to origin, destination, stopover points or fare (via NW) transfer points or amount. EXCEPTION: via AA/AS: Any change in reservations of flights which can be made with a revalidation sticker. – Round trip See definition in Rule 2.5. EXCEPTIONS: 1 via 6Y/KE/MH/VW/VX: Equivalent to return journey: – Travel from one point to another and return by the same air route used outbound whether or not the fares outbound and inbound, be the same, or – Travel from one point to another and return by an air route different from that used outbound, for which the same normal, through, one way fare is established. 2 via AA/AS/DL: A journey from a point or origin to another point and return to the point of origin, comprising two fare components only, for which the applicable normal fare for each component is the same as the routing travelled. Notes-. – via AA: This does not apply to round-the world journeys. – via DL: If the fares to be used differ through class of service/ seasonality/ midweek/ weekend/ carrier variations, the outbound fare shall be used also for the inbound fare component for the purpose of determining if the journey is a round trip. – via NW: A journey comprised of not more than two fare sectors from one point and return to the same point. When determining if a RT journey exists, the applicable normal fare (including mileage surcharges and higher intermediate fares) both outbound and inbound must be equal, regardless of actual construction. – via TW: Journey entirely by air from one point of origin to another point and return to the point of origin, comprising two fare components only, for which the applicable normal half round trip fare for each component, measured from the point of origin, is the same for the routing travelled; provided that this definition will not apply to journeys for which the same all year though one way fare is established, between two points, in either direction around the World. If the fares to be used differ through class of service/seasonality/midweek- weekend/carrier variations, the outbound fare shall be used also for the inbound fare component for the purpose of determining if the journey is a round. trip. – via all other carriers: Travel from one point to another and return by any air route for which the same normal all year through one-way fare of the same class applies from the point of origin. Notes: – This definition does not apply to journeys for which the same all year through one-way tare is established between two points, in either direction around the world. – via JL: If the fares to be used differ through class of service/ seasonality/ midweek/ weekend/ carrier variations, the outbound fare shall be used also for the inbound fare component for the purpose of determining if the journey is a round trip. – Round-the-world Travel from the point of origin and return thereto which involves only one crossing of the Atlantic Ocean. and only one crossing of the Pacific Ocean See Rule 2.8. – Route, Direct See Direct Route. – Route, Indirect See Indirect Route. – Route, Through the total route from point of departure to point of destination. – Routing The carrier and/or the cities and/or class of service and/or type of aircraft (jet or propeller) via which transportation is provided between two points. EXCEPTION: via NW: The carrier(s) and cities by and between which transportation is provided. – School Year via AS: Means a period of 12 consecutive months less whatever interruptions for vacations are normally granted by the education establishment at which the student is enrolled; provided that where the official scholastic year is less than 12 months, ‘SCHOOL YEAW shall mean not less than a 6 month period less whatever interruptions for vacations are normally granted at the educational establishment at which the student is enrolled. – Sector A portion of the journey comprised of legs or segments, usually used in reference to fare construction. EXCEPTION: via AS/BA/CO/DL/US: Portion of the journey covered by a single flight coupon. – Segment A portion of the journey between boarding and disembarkation points that may be comprised of a leg or group of legs. EXCEPTION: When a passenger transfers from one flight to another flight bearing the same number (change of gauge), the two flights combined shall be considered as one segment. (via NW) When there’s a change in flight number but no change of planes, the two flight numbers shall be considered one segment. – Self-reliant Passenger 1 via AA/BW/JM/TW: A passenger who is independent, self-sufficient, capable of caring for all physical needs during flight or during an emergency evacuation or decompression; and who requires no special or unusual on-board attention beyond that afforded to the general public, other than assistance in boarding and/or deplaning the aircraft. 2 via AS: A person who is independent, self sufficient and capable of caring for all Physical needs during flight, and who requires no special or unusual on board attention beyond that afforded to the general public, except that assistance in boarding and enplaning may be required. – Shortest Operated Mileage (Soms) The shortest distance, using non-stop sector mileages between any pair of points published in the IATA Mileage Manual. – Side trip A journey from and/or to an en-route point of a fare component. EXCEPTIONS: 1 via AA/AS/NW: A round trip, circle trip, one way or open jaw journey to and or from an enroute point of a fare component. (Except as NW) When a fare for a side trip is charged separately, apply the provisions of fares for round trips, circle trips, one way and open jaw trips. 2 via DU/JL: A journey (via DL, travel) not necessarily performed entirely by air from and/ or to an en route point of a fare component. 3 via RG/TR: Travel from and to the same intermediate point between fare construction points for which a separate fare is assessed. – Side trip combination The combination of a fare which could be ticketed separately from and/or to an en-route point of a fare component. – Single Open Jaw (SOJ) See-Rule 2.9 – Special Drawing Right (Sdr) A rate of currency exchange set by the International Monetary Fund. – Special fare Any fare other than a normal fare. – Specified Fare via BA: A fare that is not constructed by use of an add-on. – Standard Class via AA/CO/DL/TW/US: Service on flights listed in carrier’s Official General Schedule as standard flights. – Standby Passengers Passengers who will board a flight subject to space availability at departure time and only after all passengers having reservations for such flight and all passengers without reservations but paying fares other than adult standby fares have boarded the flight. – Stopover When a passenger arrives at an intermediate point and is not scheduled to depart within 24 hours of arrival. Please also see Rule 2.1.9. EXCEPTION: For travel wholly within Central America or for travel wholly between Central America and Panama: when a passenger arrives at an intermediate point and is not scheduled to depart within 6 hours of arrival. – Sunday Rule Return travel from the last fare construction point outside the country of unit origin must not be commenced before 0001 hours on the Sunday after the date of arrival at the first fare construction point outside the country of unit origin. – Surface Sector A sector between two intermediate points of a fare component where travel is via other than air transportation. In the case of a mileage fare the ticketed point mileage between the origin 50 08/05
Air Fares and Ticketing – Fares and Rules reference guide – Levels 1 and 2 and the destination of the surface sector is included in the TPM calculation of the through fare component. In the case of a routing fare, both the origin and destination of the surface sector should be on the specified routing. The fare over the surface sector is covered by the thoroughfare component. – Tariffs The published fares, rates, charges and/or related conditions of a carrier. – Tariff, Fares The tariff concerned with fares and related charges. – Tariff, Rules The tariff concerned with the general terms and conditions of carriage. – Throughfare Fare applicable for travel between two consecutive fare construction points via an intermediate point(s). – Ticket, conjunction Either the document entitled ‘Passenger Ticket and Baggage Check’ or an Electronic Ticket. – Ticket, Conjunction A ticket issued to a passenger concurrently with another ticket(s) which together constitute a single contract of carriage. – Ticket, Excess Baggage A receipt issued by a carrier to a passenger and/ or valuation charges. – Ticket Stock via KE: Tickets which are imprinted with the KE carrier code (130) in the ticket serial number and which are issued and validated with an official KE validator by an authorised KE employee, a KE appointed travel agency or other person authorised to issue KE ticket stock. – Ticketed point Points shown in the ‘Good for passage’ section of the passenger ticket. – Ticketed Point Mileage (TPM) The distance between pairs of points published in the Ticketed Point Mileage Manual. – Ticketing Time Limit means a time by which the passenger must secure his ticket for a confirmed reservation as required by the carrier. – Tour conductor An individual who is in charge of and/or who personally escorts a group of at least 10 passengers for all or part of the itinerary, – Tour Organizer A tour operator or commissionable passenger, sales agent or, in the case of tours initiated by carrier, the person responsible for the travel arrangements of the inclusive tour group. – Traffic document Ticket, MCO or any other accountable passenger traffic document. – Transatlantic Fares Fares between points in Area 1 and points in Areas 2 and 3 via the North, Mid or South Atlantic Ocean and via polar routes. – Transatlantic Sector (used in connection with North Atlantic fares) That portion of the journey covered by a single flight coupon, from the last point of departure in area 1, to the first point of arrival in Area 2 and vice versa. – Transfer A change from the service of one carrier to another service of the same carrier (online transfer) or to the service of another carrier (interline transfer). – Transfer, Domestic See Domestic Transfer – Transfer, International See International Transfer – Transfer Point Any point at which the passenger transfers from the services of one carrier to another service of the same carrier (bearing a different flight number) or to the service of another carrier. – Transit Passengers Are those on board a flight at an en route stop, or connecting passengers with a stopover, to/ from other scheduled flight(s). – Transit Point Any stop at an intermediate point on the route to be travelled (whether or not a change of planes is made) which does not fall within the definition of a stopover. – Transpacific Transportation between Area 1 and Area 3 via the Pacific Ocean. – Transpacific Fares Fares between points in Area 1 and points, in Area 3 via the North/Central or South Pacific. – Transpacific Sector The portion of travel covered by a single flight coupon from the point of departure in Area 1 to the point of arrival in Area 3 and vice versa. – Transportation See Carriage. – Turnaround See ‘Point of Turnaround’. – Turnaround Single Open Jaw (TSOJ) See Rule 2.9 – Unaccompanied When used for children and infants fares this shall mean the child/infant is not accompanied by an adult. – Unchecked Baggage (Equivalent to hand luggage) Baggage other than checked baggage. – Unit Destination For tickets issued on or after 1 June 2000: The ultimate stopping place of a pricing unit. – Unit Origin For tickets issued on or after 1 June 2000: The initial starting point of a pricing unit. – United Inches via MH/TR: The total sum arrived at by adding the height, length and width. – US Department of Defense The U.S. Departments of the Army, Navy, Air Force and the U.S. Marine Corps. – Validation The authorized stamping or writing upon the Passenger Ticket evidencing that it has been officially issued by the carrier. – Via Used in conjunction with carrier two letter abbreviations means “applicable to” the carriers specified when carriage is performed by such carrier(s). – Waitlist Segment An unconfirmed segment for specific flight(s) for which seating was not available at the time reservations were requested. – Week via AS: Period of 7 days starting at 12:01 a.m. Sunday and ending 12:00 p.m. of the following Saturday; provided that when a carrier offers only once a week service between two points, it shall mean a period of 8 days commencing with 12:01 a.m. on the day the flight operates. – Years See Rule 2.1.7. 1.2.2 Areas 1.2.2.1 Areas – worldwide – Area 1 All of the North and South American Continents and the islands adjacent thereto, Greenland, Bermuda, the West Indies and the Islands of the Caribbean Sea, the Hawaiian Islands (including Midway and Palmyra) (see map of IATA Traffic Conference Areas at the end of chapter 1). – Area 2 Europe (as defined below), Africa and the islands adjacent thereto, Ascension Island and that part of Asia west of Ural mountains, including Iran and the Middle East as defined below (see map of IATA Traffic Conference Areas at the end of chapter 1). – Area 3 Asia and the islands adjacent thereto except the portion included in Area 2; the East Inclines, Australia, New Zealand and the islands of the Pacific Ocean except those included in Area 1 (see map of IATA Traffic Conference Areas at the end of chapter 1). – Africa Sub-area The area comprised of Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo (Brazzaville), Congo (Kinshasa), Côte d’lvoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon,. Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mayotte, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, 1 Abbreviations and Definitions Reunion, Rwanda, Sac, Tome and Principe Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia: South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe. – Anatolia Turkey in Asia – Asean Countries Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Viet Nam. – Asia (in Area 3) See Japan, Korea, South Asian Subcontinent, South West Pacific Sub-areas below. – Atlantic fares Applicable between points in Area 1 and points in Areas 2 and 3 via the Atlantic Ocean. – Benelux Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg – British Dependent Territories Anguilla, Bermuda, British Antarctic Territory, British Indian Ocean Territory, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands, Gibraltar, Montserrat, Pitcairn Islands, St Helena and Dependencies, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, Turks and Caicos Islands, Virgin Islands (British). – Caribbean Area Sub-area Bahamas, Bermuda, the Caribbean Islands, Guyana, French Guiana, Suriname. – Central Africa Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe. – Central America Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua. – Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russian Federation, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan. – Continental Europe The area defined below as Europe except Ireland and United Kingdom. – Continental USA The 48 contiguous States and the District of Columbia (this does not include Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands). – Eastern Africa Burundi, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia, Tanzania, Uganda. – Eastern Caribbean Anguilia, Antigua, Dominica, Grenada, Montserrat, St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenadines. – Eastern Hemisphere The area comprising Areas 2 and 3. – Europe Sub-area (as defined in IATA) Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Faroe Islands, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia (FYROM), Malta, Monaco, Moldova, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia (West of Urals), San Marino, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Yugoslavia. – EC Member States Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom. – Geographical Africa ‘Africa’ plus Algeria, Canary Islands, Egypt, Madeira, Morocco, Tunisia, Sudan. – Geographical Europe ‘Europe’ as defined above except Algeria, Morocco, Madeira, Canary Islands, Tunisia and Turkey outside Europe. – Gulf States Bahrain, Oman, Qatar, United Arab Emirates. – IATA Conference Areas (see also map of IATA Traffic Conference Areas) As explained under ‘Areas’ above. – Iberian Peninsula Gibraltar, Portugal including Azores and Madeira, Spain including Balearic and Canary Islands. – Indian Ocean Islands Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mayotte, Reunion, Seychelles. – Indian Subcontinent See South Asian Subcontinent. 08/05 51
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