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    AIRLINE TICKETING RULES

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    AIRLINE TICKETING GUIDELINES

    1. A separate flight coupon is required for eachchange of carrier and for each portion of thejourney where a change of flight, change in RBD,or a stopover is involved.

    2. When using the manually issued ticket, select theform of passenger ticket in accordance with thenumber of flight coupons required.

    3. All tickets issued initially in conjunction with oneanother shall be of the same form code and shallbe completed in numeric sequence.

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    AIRLINE TICKETING GUIDELINES

    4. If the ticket contains more coupons than arerequired, the appropriate spaces in the Good forPassage Section shall be marked VOID.

    5. The issuing office will deliver the ticket to thepassenger or the passengers representative withall the flight coupons intact (except VOID or

    surface coupons).

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    AIRLINE TICKETING GUIDELINES

    6. Always issue a separate passenger ticket for eachpassenger.

    7. Adhere strictly to all Ticketing Time Limitrequirements established by the carrier.

    8. Dates shall be composed of two numerics for dayfollowed by the first three letters of the month.

    9. Country codes used to identify taxing countries shallbe those established by the InternationalOrganization for Standardization.

    10. Currency codes entered on tickets will be the IATAapproved codes.

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    AIRLINE TICKETING GUIDELINES

    11. Flight coupons must be honored only in sequenceas shown on the passenger coupon and such flightcoupon(s) shall not be accepted for the carriage,exchange, or refund, and are not valid unless

    accompanied by the passenger coupon.

    12. The fare paid shall only be applicable when theinternational travel actually commences in the

    country of the point of origin.

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    13. A ticket is not valid for transportation unless it isproperly validated.

    14. Proper ticketing avoids passenger inconvenience.

    15. Print clearly.

    16. Documents are not transferable from the passengernamed thereon to any other person.

    AIRLINE TICKETING GUIDELINES

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    AIRLINE TICKETING GUIDELINES

    17. MCOs should not be issued when a ticket can beissued.

    18. Erasures render the ticket invalid.

    19. NUCs are not a currency.

    20. All ticket entries must be in block capital letters.

    21. Never use ditto marks.

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    AIRFARE COMPUTATION

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    Airfare computation

    Fare

    - the amount charged by acarrier of a passenger and hisallowable free baggage.

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    Airfare computation

    Four ways to calculate air fares

    Rate Sheets

    Passenger Air Tariff

    CRS Fare Quotation Display (FQD)

    Airlines Rate Desk

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    Ways to Calculate Air Fares

    Rate Sheets

    it is the common source of farecalculation provided by the respectiveairlines showing the different sectorsflown by the airlines withcorresponding airfares.

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    Ways to Calculate Air Fares

    Passenger Air Tariff gives the applicableairfares on the various sectors

    regardless of the airlines.

    CRS Fare Quotation Display (FQD)

    displays published fares for requestedcity pairs and for requested fare types.

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    Ways to Calculate Air Fares

    Airlines Rate Desk

    provides quick airfare calculations(For complex and difficult itinerary)

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    Basic Fare Calculation Procedures

    1. Establish the type of journey.

    One-way (OW) Round Trip (RT) Circle Trip (CT)

    Example:Manila/Hong Kong/ Bangkok/Singapore/Manila

    Round the World (RTW)Example:

    Manila/Tokyo/San Francisco/New York/London/

    Frankfurt/Athens/Bangkok/Manila Open Jaw (OJ)

    Example:Manila/Hong Kong-Macau/Manila. The Hong Kong-

    Macau section is not part of the ticket.

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    Basic Fare Calculation Procedures

    2. Establish the category of air farespublished with a rule reference.

    This rule sets out condition

    governing the application of the fare.

    3. Fares published with direction codes

    global indicators can have differentMaximum Permitted Mileage.

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    Basic Fare Calculation Procedures

    Example: On a Manila/Frankfurt air itinerary,the varying MPM are as follows:

    MPM EH 8083 (within the Eastern Hemisphere)

    Hong Kong/Bombay/Athens/Frankfurt

    MPM PO 1194 (via the polar route)

    Hong Kong/Anchorage/London/Frankfurt

    MPM AP 1390 (via the Atlantic and Pacific)Hong Kong/San Francisco/NewYork/Paris/

    Frankfurt

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    Basic Fare Calculation Procedures

    4. If no direct flights exist between pointsof origin and destination, fares mustbe constructed using the mileage

    system.

    The correct steps are:

    4.1 Establish the Fare Break Point(FBP) for each fare component

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    Basic Fare Calculation Procedures

    4.2 Establish the Neutral Unit ofConstruction (NUC) which is theequivalent to the Local Currency

    fare and global indicator

    4.3 Note, read and act on the

    Conditions (COND) provided in arule.

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    Basic Fare Calculation Procedures

    4.4 Note the Maximum PermittedMileage (MPM)

    4.5 Add the Ticketed Points Mileage(TPM), this refers to the distancebetween pairs of points published in

    the TPM Manual.

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    Basic Fare Calculation Procedures

    5. The resulting total of each componentis the Construct Fare (CF)

    6. Check and apply any minimum farerule shown in the General Rules bookof the Passenger Air Tariff

    7. Add the CF of all fare components fora Total (TTL)

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    Basic Fare Calculation Procedures

    8. Convert the TTL at the applicable RateOf Exchange (ROE) currency. And

    round off the Local Selling Fare (LFS)

    9. Complete all the relevant boxes of the

    Ticket with the applicable taxes