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OneWorld Business Class Oneworld Explorer Three Continent IONE3 Fare Rules

 Valid on:

AA/AS/AT/AY/BA/CX/FJ/IB/JL/MH/NU/QF/QR/RJ/UL/WY

Codeshares: Permitted if operated by AA/AS/AT/AY/BA/CX/FJ/IB/JL/MH/NU/QF/QR/RJ/UL/WY

Additionally QF codeshares on flights operated by JQ are permitted.

Routing:

Route must include one (and only one) Trans-Atlantic crossing between Area 1 and Area 2 (or vice versa) and one (and only one) Trans-Pacific crossing between Area 1 and Area 3 (or vice versa). Additionally only one crossing is permitted between Area 2 and Area 3 (or vice versa).

Backtracking between Hawaii and North America is not permitted.

Booking Class: I

Except Finnair flights within Finland book Y (Economy).

On Qatar Airways services within Middle East where a First Class cabin is offered but no Business Class cabin is offered book A (First).

On services on all carriers where a Business Class cabin is not offered or available book L (Economy).

Continents Permitted: Three including the Continent of Origin.

Continent Definitions and Restrictions:

EME - Europe/Middle East - Including Algeria, Morocco, Russia West of The Urals, Tunisia, Egypt, Libya and Sudan.

Four flights are permitted within this Continent.

One Intercontinental Arrival and Departure is permitted except when travelling to/from Africa (excluding South Africa and Mauritius) when Two Intercontinental Arrivals and Departures are permitted.

AFR - Africa

Four flights are permitted within this Continent.

One Intercontinental Arrival and Departure is permitted.

AS - Asia - Including Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia East of The Urals, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan

Four flights are permitted within this Continent.

Two Intercontinental Arrivals and Departures are permitted

SWP - South West Pacific

Four flights are permitted within this Continent.

Within Australia - only one nonstop/single plane service flight is permitted between the following
points:
BME - BNE/MEL/SYD
DRW - CBR/MEL/SYD
KTA - BNE/MEL/SYD
PER - BNE/CBR/CNS/SYD/MEL

One Intercontinental Arrival and Departure is permitted.

NA - North America - including The Caribbean, Central America and Canada

Six flights are permitted within this Continent.

Within the USA/Canada only one nonstop or single plane service transcontinental flight permitted. A transcontinental flight is defined as travel between any of Arizona, California, Nevada, Oregon or Washington to any of Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Michigan, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia or Kentucky.

Additionally, only one flight to State of Alaska and one flight from State of Alaska permitted.

Two Intercontinental Arrivals and Departures are permitted.

SA - South America

Four flights are permitted within this Continent.

One Intercontinental Arrival and Departure is permitted.

Origin And Destination: Travel can commence at any point from which fares are published and must end within the country of origin, but may also originate/commence at any point within the Middle East, within Africa, between the USA and Canada, between Hong Kong and China, between Malaysia and Singapore, or between Maldives and India/Sri Lanka.

Continent Of Origin Rules: Only two stopovers are permitted in the Continent of Origin.

Country Of Origin Rules: Travel may not be via the point of origin. Only One International Arrival/Departure is permitted in the Country of Origin with the exception of USA where Two are permitted when one Arrival/Departure is a transfer without stopover.

Asia Flyover Flights:

Travel between South West Pacific and Europe/Middle East on a single flight number/or by surface eg LON
SYD/MEL/PER vv, or DOH-ADL/AKL/CBR/MEL/PER/SYD vv, is considered travelling via Asia.
Continents South West Pacific, Asia and Europe/Middle East must each be counted.

Minimum Stay: No Minimum Stay except for tickets originating in TC1 when travel from departure of the last Intercontinental Sector must commence no earlier than 10 days after departure of the first Intercontinental Sector.

Maximum Validity: Travel from last International Stopover must commence no later than 12 months after departure from Fare Origin.

Flight Restrictions: The same city pairs cannot be flown more than once per direction.

Stopovers: 2 Stopovers required and 15 Stopovers permitted overall.

Transfers: Permitted.

Surface Sectors: Permitted. One landing + Surface Sector + One Take Off is considered One Stopover.

Baggage Allowance: Two pieces at 23kg per piece.

International Sales: Permitted. When travel originates in one country and the ticket is sold in another country the fare will be that applicable from the country of origin converted to the currency of the country of sale at the banker's selling rate.

Changes Before Departure of The First Sector: any changes of date, route, airline of the first sector will result in the fare being recalculated. Any date or carrier changes of subsequent sectors will be free of charge. Any change of route of subsequent sectors will be at USD125 plus any additional taxes.

Changes After Departure of The First Sector: Any date or carrier changes of will be free of charge. Any change of route will be at USD125 plus any additional taxes.

Cancellation: Penalty of 10% of fare paid.

 

IONE3
15 Stopovers
3 Continents
Oneworld Business Class Oneworld Explorer IONE3 Prices

* Price checked 5th January 2026

“Oneworld Explorer tickets are based on the number of continents visited rather than the mileage flown. The number of continents include the continent of origin.

This is a curious fare which is published for departures from South America, the USA, various countries in Asia and South West Pacific. However since LATAM Airlines departed Oneworld for Skyteam it is not possible to create valid itineraries from South America or South West Pacific.

Although 15 stopovers are permitted, the number of flight sectors in each Continent is limited, so that 15 stopovers cannot be achieved.

Fare rules are the same as for the DONE3 ticket but this books into the lower I Class booking code making availability tricky. If you can make it work this fare is 1-3% cheaper than the DONE3 equivalent, and a saving is a saving

From The UK…

IONE3 - UK
NOT SOLD

Ticket Not Sold In The UK

From Australia…

IONE3 - Australia
NOT SOLD


Ticket Not Sold In Australia

From Norway…

IONE3 - Norway
NOT SOLD


Ticket Not Sold In Norway

Not From Japan…

IONE3 - Japan
NOT SOLD

Ticket Not Sold In Japan

Franky’s IONE3 Global Price Indicator

India
Pakistan
Singapore
Thailand
USA

Decide Where To Start From!

Oneworld IONE3 tickets are priced according to the country of departure, even when that ticket is sold in another country. The table shows the relative IONE3 fare levels from various countries around the world where this fare is published when converted into UK Pounds Sterling (GBP)*.

In many cases it may be worth departing from a country other than your own and purchasing an additional positioning flight to and from the point of depature.

In the case of the IONE3 ticket the value is for departures from India and Pakistan.

* Equivalent fare levels subject to change due to currency fluctuations.

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