Qantas Airways
Global Explorer Airfares (till March 2003)

The Global Explorer Airfare is one of the most flexible airfares, allowing you to travel almost every corner of the World during a year. You may use all flights of the member airlines of the OneWorld Alliance, such as  British Airways, Qantas, American Airlines, Canadian Airlines, Cathay Pacific, Lan Chile, Air Pacific, Deutsche BA, Aer Lingus.

 

Together they offer a selection of 470 destinations... a truly outstanding offer. The unspoiled expanses of Northern Canada, the fantastic landscapes of the American West, the white planes of Africa, the immense wilderness of Australia. Do you want to discover the mysteries of India, the charm of the Far East?

Below you find the airfare and (condensed) rules for this Round-the-World ticket starting in Amsterdam, Brussels and Luxembourg. The airfare is per person and valid for departure dates in the specified season. Conditions apply and Airfares may be changed by the airline without notice. For inquiries on availability, please use the Quotation Request Form (please note these airfares have to booked in combination with a landarrangement [eg. hotel and/or rentalcar]).

 
Global Explorer Airfare (Round-the-World)

Milage / Class

Economy Business First
Max 26.000 miles (41.834km) 1899.- - -
Max 29.000 miles (46.661km) 2400.- - -

Max 34.000 miles (54.706km)

2900.- 5000.- 7500.-
All airfares per person in euro
Conditions:
  • Only valid for travel on flights of airline members of the OneWorld Alliance, eg.
  • With a departure from Amsterdam, Brussels or Luxembourg, your journey must pass through London and take you as far as Australia. Your return journey must use a different route from your outward journey; Only 1x trans-Atlantic travel allowed; Only 1 international departure and arrival from/to country of origin is permitted
  • Travel must be in one direction round-the world (eastbound or westbound), except on certain specific routes in North America
  • Your entire journey may not exceed the milage as shown in the table above
  • Open Jaws (surface sectors) are allowed, but the distance of the surface sector is added to the milage
  • Domestic flights are allowed
  • Excluding security surcharges and taxes
  • Infant discount 90% for baby's aged 0 - 1 years
  • Child discount 33% for children aged 2 -11 years
  • No other youth or senior discounts apply
  • Maximum stay enroute: 1 year
  • Minimum stay enroute: 14 days
  • Upgrading of individual sectors not permitted (exept to Concorde); Business class passengers will travel in First Class within North America; If business or first class is not available on a requested sector, passenger will travel in a lower class (eg. economy) without compensation
  • Business and First Class passengers can travel on BA Concorde service at a surcharge of 1892 euro (Business Class) or 1183 euro (First Class)
  • Your ticket includes a total of 6 stopovers (one must be in Australia). For additional stopovers a surcharge per stopover applies of 85 euro (economy) and 165 euro (business & first)
  • Unlimited transfers allowed between BA and QF (these transfers count only as stopover if stop is voluntary or more than 24 hours); All other transfers will count as stopovers (unless exempt by further route restrictions)
  • Route restrictions for Australia:
    • Domestic travel is restricted to 3 sectors
    • A maximum of 2 international arrivals  and departures are allowed
    • When the journey includes travel through Australia more than once, then one transfer at ADL, BNE, CNS, DRW, MEL, PER, SYD will not be counted as stopover
    • At least one transfer must be taken
  • Route restrictions for Canada / USA:
    • Stopovers must be taken in a continuous eastbound or westbound global direction without backtracking
    • Backtracking restriction may be waived from/to following:
      • From/to cities in the US bordering the Atlantic Ocean plus Washington DC, which may be considered to be in a straight (north-south) line provided the direction of travel up or down the line is maintained
      • LAX / SAN / SFO and from/to States of the USA bordering the Atlantic Ocean plus Washington DC, which may be considered to be in a straight line provided the direction of travel up or down the line is maintained
    • Between YTO / YUL and the from/to States of the USA bordering the Atlantic Ocean plus Washington DC, travel is permitted via direct services or via PHL / PIT
    • One transfer in the USA will not be counted as a stopover
  • Route restrictions for Europe:
    • A maximum of 3 sectors are permitted
    • When your travel includes travel via UK more than once, then 1 transfer within the UK will not be counted as a stopover
  • Date changes are FOC; Routing changes 1x FOC, after that reticketing cost 150 euro per ticket, no refunds after departure
  • Airfare only valid in combination with pre-booked landarrangement

Further conditions may apply; Airfares and conditions are subject to change without prior notice