Travel Round the Atlantic with oneworld Circle Atlantic

oneworld® Circle Atlantic makes it simple to plan an intercontinental "grand tour"¹ around the Atlantic Ocean. The Circle Atlantic fare is available only for travel originating and terminating in:

• Europe/Middle East  
• North America (USA, Canada, Mexico, Caribbean, Central America)
• South America

The price depends on the country where your journey begins and ends, the class you fly in² and the mileage that you fly.

If you are a member of any oneworld airline's frequent flyer programme, you will earn miles/points on eligible flights³. You will also enjoy all the privileges to which your membership status entitles you⁴.

Planning Your Trip

Routing

Travel must be on the services of American Airlines, British Airways, Cathay Pacific, Finnair, Iberia, Japan Airlines, LAN, Malév, Mexicana and Royal Jordanian and their affiliates only.

Travel is between cities in North America, South America and Europe/Middle East. It requires a transatlantic crossing between North America and Europe/Middle East, a transatlantic crossing between South America and Europe/Middle East, and a Western Hemisphere crossing between South America and North America. Travel must originate and terminate in the same country.

There are three different maximum mileage based fares: A basic 17,000-mile product, a more flexible 21,000-mile product and a very flexible 25,000-mile product.

A maximum of 16 flight segments are permitted for the entire journey. Travel between two airports by surface transportation will count as one flight segment

Flights and stopovers

Five free stopovers are allowed with the 17,000-mile product, six with the 21,000-mile product and seven with the 25,000-mile product. No more than three stopovers are permitted in any one continent. All itineraries require a minimum of two stopovers, one in each continent (excluding continent of origin)⁶.

Class of travel

You can book a oneworld Circle Atlantic in first, business or economy class².

For an extra charge a Circle Atlantic fare can be booked in World Traveller Plus, British Airways' premium economy cabin.

Fares

The country where you originate your journey, the number of miles you fly and the class you fly in determine your fare.

Fares apply all year round.

Duration

Your journey can be a minimum of seven days. All travel has to be completed within 12 months.

Reservations

The first sector needs to be booked and ticketed seven days before departure, except in Europe and the Middle East where the first sector may be booked and ticketed up to one hour prior to departure.

Exception: for economy class fares, when bookings are made more than 22 days prior to departure, tickets must be issued at least 21 days before departure.

All reservations and ticketing can be handled by any oneworld member airline.

Change of plans

oneworld Circle Atlantic offers plenty of flexibility, should you unexpectedly need to alter your travel arrangements. A charge may be payable for this service and if your ticket needs to be re-issued this may take up to 24 hours. When making changes to your itinerary, please plan accordingly. Note changes to first international flight are not permitted less than seven days prior to the date of the first ticketed flight.

oneworld affiliate airlines

When you are planning your oneworld Circle Atlantic trip, you are not restricted to our member airlines. You can also use the oneworld affiliates of the following oneworld member airlines participating in the oneworld Circle Atlantic fare: American Airlines, British Airways, Cathay Pacific, LAN, Mexicana, JAL Japan Airlines, Qantas.

Example Itineraries

Every oneworld Circle Atlantic journey is unique. There are endless combinations to be explored. But, to give you an idea of how a Circle Atlantic journey could look, here are a few itineraries for travel originating in North America.

17,000 Miles

Santiago-Miami-New York-London-Madrid-Santiago

 

21,000 Miles

New York-Amman-Madrid-Buenos Aires-Mexico City-New York

25,000 Miles

Helsinki-Vancouver-New York-Santiago-Buenos Aires-Helsinki

Fare Estimate

Please refer to the rule sheet for the full technical product details: oneworld Circle Atlantic rule sheet (50kb, PDF)

Booking Your Trip

Booking cannot currently be made on-line because of the complexity of building and pricing individually itineraries. Bookings can be made using a reservations office of any oneworld member airline or a travel agent. For contact information for oneworld airlines, click below on carrier of your choice:

Terms and Conditions

• All information, routings, available destinations and fares are subject to change without notice. These fares are limited to availability and capacity control. Some penalties may apply concerning re-bookings, re-routings, cancellations and refunds.
• All destinations you wish to travel to must be stated at time of purchase, before departure from country of origin. Local service fees may apply for booking open-dated segments.
• Children and infants: Children pay 75%. Infants pay 10%.
• Minimum stay: Travel on the last international sector must commence no earlier than 7 days after commencement of the first international sector. Maximum stay: 12 months.
• A maximum of 16 flight and surface segments will be permitted for the entire journey. Intermediate surface sectors between two airports are permitted at passenger's expense. Surface sectors must be included in the total mileage.
• Conditions of carriage and regulations. The carriage of passengers, baggage and cargo is subject to the conditions of carriage and regulations of the carriers concerned, copies of which may be requested from each oneworld airline.
• Further conditions apply. Please speak to any of the oneworld member airlines (American Airlines, British Airways, Cathay Pacific, Finnair, Iberia, JAL Japan Airlines, LAN, Malév, Mexicana, Qantas, Royal Jordanian Airlines) or a travel agent if you have further queries.

1 oneworld Circle Atlantic is available on scheduled flights that are both operated and marketed by a oneworld airline, or on a oneworld member airline affiliate. (Marketed means there must be a oneworld airline flight number on the ticket.)

2 If an aircraft serving part of your itinerary does not have a first or business cabin, customers will be booked into a lower class cabin. On AA services within / between the USA and Canada, where no business class is offered, business class passengers may book and travel in First Class subject to availability. Mileage and tier points can only be accrued from eligible fares from in the cabin flown.

3 American Airlines AAdvantage and British Airways Executive Club members can earn and redeem miles, and earn tier status credit, on all eligible flights except:

- American Airlines AAdvantage members will not earn or redeem miles or earn tier status credit on British Airways flights between the USA and the UK and vice versa.  AAdvantage miles and top tier status credit may be earned though miles may not be redeemed on all American Airlines codeshare services operated by British Airways when the booking is made under the AA code.

- British Airways Executive Club members will not earn or redeem miles or earn tier points on American Airlines transatlantic flights. BA miles and tier points may be earned though miles may not be redeemed on all British Airways codeshare services operated by American Airlines when the booking is made under the BA code.

Class of travel restrictions apply. Some programmes exclude earning in economy class. Check with your programme for details. Each oneworld alliance airline reserves the right to change its frequent flyer programme rules, regulations, travel awards and special offers, and to end its frequent flyer programme in accordance with its relevant frequent flyer programme rules. Miles/points may be earned only on purchased, published fares.

4 At peak periods, access to certain lounges may be restricted due to capacity constraints. Access is available on the day of departure when the next onward flight is with a oneworld airline. Access may not apply at a limited number of third party operated lounges.

5 Travel must include a non-stop service between a Europe/Middle East gateway and a North American gateway, a non-stop service between a North American gateway and a South American gateway; and a non-stop service between a South American gateway and a Europe/Middle East gateway.

6 Only one stopover is permitted at any point (Exception: Only one stopover is permitted in the country of origin). A maximum of three stopovers are allowed in any one continent (Europe/Middle East / North America / South America). Where a passenger disembarks at one point and re-embarks at a subsequent point enroute, the points count as a single stopover. Additional stopover cannot be purchased for the country of origin. Additional stopovers restricted to two stopovers per region.

Further rules and conditions may apply.

All information contained herein is correct as at 01 July 2010 but is subject to change without notice.

American Airlines, British Airways, Cathay Pacific, Finnair, Iberia, JAL, LAN, Malév, Mexicana, Qantas and Royal Jordanian are trademarks of their respective companies.