Travel Agent Information - Switzerland / Last updated 24 November 2009

 

StarAlliance Round The World Fares
Since round the world fares and conditions are published in all CRS and fare calculator is published on StarAlliance website, Singapore Airlines Switzerland does no longer checks round the world bookings for travel agencies. The following steps and rough conditions may help to ease round the world bookings/quotations.
  • Check Airlines
    AC/BD/CA/CO/FM/JK/JP/KF/LH/LO/LX/MS/NH/NZ/OS/OU/OZ/SA/SK(BU)/SN*/SQ/TG/TK/TP/UA/US
    => kindly note, that SilkAir (MI) is not part of the StarAlliance!
    * for sales/ticketing on/after 09 December 2009.
  • Check Flight Numbers / operating carrier
    Fares, in general, do not apply on flights operated by a non-StarAlliance carrier
    => e.g. not allowed on SQ flights operated by MH, MI, VS
    Please note: FRTWSTAR does not apply on "Singapore Airlines Suite" of the A380 aircraft. Flights operated by A380 aircraft must be booked in D-class, which is Business Class Cabin. Nil refund applies.
  • Check Booking Class
    Booking classes in general are:
    YRWSPCL: H
    YRWSTAR: M
    CRWSTAR: D (on SQ, where D is not available book Y)
    FRWSTAR: A (on SQ, where A is not available book D) 
  • Check Minimum/Maximum Stay
    10days/12months
  • Check Routing
    Minimum 1 Transatlantic and 1 Transpacific flight
    Backtracking is allowed
    => SQ21/22 SIN-EWR v.v./ SQ37/38 SIN-LAX v.v. are to be considered as transpacific flights, even if using the polar route 
    => not more than one crossing between IATA area 2 and IATAarea 3 permitted
  • Check Segments
    A maximum of 16 segments is permitted.
  • Check Stops
    YRWSPCL: minimum 3 stopover / maximum 5 stopover
    YRWSTAR/CRWSTAR/FRWSTAR: minimum 3 stopover / maximum 15 stopover
    => surface does count as a stopover. not more than 5 surface sectors allowed.
    => maximum of one stopover permitted in any one city
    => no more than 3 stopover permitted in any one country worldwide, except in USA 5 stopover.
  • Check Mileage
    YRWSPCL: maximum 26'000 miles
    Y/C/FRWSTAR1: maximum 29'000 miles
    Y/C/FRWSTAR2: maximum 34'000 miles
    Y/C/FRWSTAR3: maximum 39'000 miles
    => surface sectors must be included in mileage calculation
  • Check Fare/Fare Basis/Taxes
    Fare: refer to your CRS
    Farebasis: YRWSPCL / YRWSTAR1, 2 or 3 / CRWSTAR1, 2 or 3 / FRWSTAR1, 2 or 3
    Child: fare basis plus CH // Infant: fare basis plus IN
    Taxes: must be calculated separately
  • Check Surcharges
    Some services do require an additional surcharge. please refer to your CRS for details
    For CRTWSTAR fares a surcharge of USD500 applies per sector on ZRH-SIN v.v. B777-300ER services.
    Surcharges on SQ for A345-500, A380-800, B777-300ER aircraft:
    depending on route between USD300 and USD900. => for exact surcharge amount, please refer to CRS.
  • Check Ticketing Time Limit
    Automatic Ticketing Time Limit of CRS applies.
    => YRWSPCL: ticketing must be completed 21 days or 7 days or 24 hours prior to departure depending on date of reservation. 
  • Check Endorsement/Baggage
    Endorsement:VLD STAR ALLIANCE ONLY/NONREF
    Baggage: Piece concept applies for entire journey
    => for most StarAlliance carriers 23kg per piece applies in economy-class

For fares and detailed conditions please refer to your CRS (see CRS entries below)



Other StarAlliance Fare Products
  • Circle Asia Fare
  • Circle North Asia Fare
  • Circle Pacific Fare
  • Africa Airpass
  • Asia Airpass
  • China Airpass
  • Europe Airpass
  • Japan Airpass
  • Middle East Airpass
  • North America Airpass
  • South Pacific Airpass
  • Thailand Airpass

Information on Round-the-World Fares, Circle Fares and Airpass is available here: www.staralliance.com

For fares and conditions please refer to your CRS (see CRS entries below)



CRS entries
Availability StarAlliance Carriers
  • Galileo: A01MARZRHSIN//*A
  • Amadeus: AN*A01MARZRHSIN
  • Sabre: 101FEBZRHSIN#/*A
  • Worldspan: A01MARZRHSIN-/*A

Mileage calculation

  • Galileo: FLZRHSINSYDHNLLAXNYCFRAZRH
  • Amadeus: FQMZRHSINSYDHNLLAXNYCFRAZRH
  • Sabre: WNZRHSINSYDHNLLAXNYCFRAZRH
  • Worldspan: 4F/ZRH/SIN/SYD/HNL/LAX/NYC/FRA/ZRH

Display Round The World Fares

use FQD FRAFRA, FD ORDORD, FSD SINSIN etc.

  • Galileo: FDZRHZRH-RTW/SQ
  • Amadeus: FQDZRHZRH/ASQ
  • Sabre: Y/SYS/QLH/FARE
  • Worldspan: G/AIR/LH0/FARE

Display Circle Asia/Pacific Fare

use FQD BKKBKK, FQ SELSEL, FSD SINSIN, FD HKGHKG etc.

  • Galileo: FDSINSIN/SQ-CTF
  • Amadeus: FQDSINSIN/ASQ
  • Sabre: []QUA/ZZS*FARE/STAR CIRCLE ASIA / []QUA/ZZS*FAR/CPSTAR
  • Worldspan: []UA[]G/FAR/RWSTAR

Airpasses/Convention Plus

To access rules and fares of below StarAlliance Fare & Products, use Fare Quote Display in your CRS of fictious O&D "QMXQMY"

Galileo: FD QMXQMY / SQ
Amadeus: FQD QMXQMY / R,U / ASQ
Sabre: FQ QMXQMY / SQ
SITA: FSD QMXQMY / SQ
Worldspan: 4FQMXQMYSR-SQ
 
Decoding of "Product Codes" in the fictious O&D "QMXQMY" display:

Conventions Plus = CONVPLUS
Africa Airpass = STARAPAF
Asia Airpass = STARAPAS
China Airpass = STARAPCN
Europe Airpass = STARAPEU
Japan Airpass = STARAPJP
Middle East Airpass = STARAPME
North America Airpass = STARAPNA
South Pacific Airpass = STARAPSP
Thailand Airpass = STARAPTH

Information on CRS entries is available here: www.staralliance.com