OneWorld First Class Oneworld Explorer Five Continent AONE5 Fare Rules
Valid on:
AA/AS/AT/AY/BA/CX/FJ/IB/JL/MH/NU/QF/QR/RJ/UL/WY
Codeshares:Â 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: A
Except WY Book F (First)
Except AS/AT/AY/FJ/IB/RJ/UL Book D (Business)
Except Finnair flights within Finland book Y (Economy).
On services on all carriers where a First Class cabin is not offered or available book D (Business).
On services on all carriers where neither a First Class cabin nor a Business Class cabin is not offered or available book L (Economy).
Continents Permitted: Five 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:Â 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:Â Only two stopovers are permitted in the Continent of Origin.
Country Of Origin Rules:Â 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:Â 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:Â Travel from last International Stopover must commence no later than 12 months after departure from Fare Origin.
Flight Restrictions:Â The same city pairs cannot be flown more than once per direction.
Stopovers:Â 2 Stopovers required and 15 Stopovers permitted overall.
Transfers:Â Permitted.
Surface Sectors:Â Permitted. One landing + Surface Sector + One Take Off is considered One Stopover.
Baggage Allowance:Â 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:Â 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:Â Any date or carrier changes of will be free of charge. Any change of route will be at USD125 plus any additional taxes.
Cancellation:Â Penalty of 10% of fare paid.
First Class cabins are only offered on limited flights operated by American Airlines*, British Airways, Cathay Pacific, Japan Airlines, Malaysia Airlines, QANTAS and Qatar Airways.
On all other carriers, and on services flown by the above listed carriers which do not feature a First Class cabin, passengers will be accommodated in Business Class. On services on all carriers which do not feature First Class or Business Class cabins passengers will be accommodated in Economy Class.
* American Airlines are progressively removing First Class cabins from their fleet.
Oneworld First Class Oneworld Explorer AONE5 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.
Five Continent fares are available from anywhere in the world with a huge number of route possibilities.
15 stopovers are permitted with two in the continent of origin. Stopovers in other continents are limited by the restriction of six flight sectors within North America and four in any other continent.
Mileage is unlimited.
The Oneworld First Class tickets are hampered by the limited number of routes which offer a First Class cabin. First Class cabins tend to only be offered on longer routes which can make it tricky to make full use of the 15 permitted stopovers while maximising the number of First Class flights. First Class cabins also tend to only have 4 – 14 seats making availability severely limited, especially for larger parties.
Once you have put your itinerary together you will know how many sectors you have been able to book in First Class. Comparing the First Class fare with the equivalent Business Class fare will let you work out how much of a premium you are paying per flight and whether this is worth it for you.”
From The UK…
GBP 12,333
From Australia…
AUD 22,660
From Norway…
NOK 118,481
From Japan…
JPY.1,644,300
Franky’s AONE5 Global Price Indicator
Decide Where To Start From!
Oneworld AONE5 tickets are priced according to the country of departure, even when that ticket is sold in another country. The table shows the relative AONE5 fare levels from various countries around the world 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.
Within Europe departing from Norway rather than the UK will save you around GBP 3,600, or departing Norway rather than Germany will save you around EUR 3,900.
You would be crazy to purchase a ticket departing from Singapore when departing from Malaysia will save around 28% on the base fare, and if you can find a reasonably priced positioning flight to Japan, you could save around 40%.
Long distance positioning flights might also pay. If you are from the USA departing from Japan can save you around USD 7,000.
Commencing your round the world ticket in a country other than your own effectively creates extra stopovers in the country of departure. It can also provide an extra sidetrip if you don’t want your round the world trip to last a full year. For instance if you are from Thailand but choose to depart from Japan you could take a positioning flight to Japan, spend a few days then commence your round the world ticket by using the first sector to fly from Japan back to Bangkok. Spend a few weeks or months back in Thailand then commence your round the world trip proper with a flight from Bangkok to anywhere.
* Equivalent fare levels subject to change due to currency fluctuations.