Star Alliance is now selling multiple-fare products online, offering customers more travel options capitalising on member airlines' networks and range of services.
Besides the Round-the-World Fare, all Star Alliance Circle Fares can now be booked and purchased on www.staralliance.com Reservations can be made anywhere in the world with tickets automatically issued electronically. The booking engine is currently available in English and Japanese, and more languages will be added in the future.
Star Alliance provides three different Circle Fares: Circle Asia, Circle North Asia and Circle Pacific. These are designed to facilitate travel between destinations across the Pacific Rim using various Star Alliance member carriers.
The Circle Asia Fare allows travel between South East Asia, North Asia and the South West Pacific, while the Circle North Asia Fare is for travel between Japan, Korea, Mainland China (including Hong Kong SAR and Macau).
Taking customers the furthest is the Circle Pacific Fare, permitting travel between Asia, Australasia and the Pacific Coast of Canada and the US. Travellers select the destinations covered by the respective Circle Fare, creating a personalised circular itinerary. Fees are charged by the total distance travelled and cabin class, whereby passengers have the choice of purchasing first, business or economy. Travel needs to begin and end in the same country.
Further fare details and conditions can be found on the Star Alliance website.
The online booking option for Circle Fares follows the launch of “Book & Fly” over a year ago, which allows customers to plan, book and purchase Round-the-World Tickets. In addition to English, the Japanese language option was added to the function earlier this year.
Margie T Logarta
