Thread: How good is ZED Light when it comes to swapping airlines?

What might the other airline offer, at its discretion

• To accept your ticket in an alternate market if the fare you paid is equal to or greater than the fare applicable to the new routing
• To accept your ticket in an alternate market if the taxes collected and shown on your ticket are the same as the taxes applicable to the new itinerary
• To accept your ticket if the fare level you paid is the same or greater than the fare level applicable had the ticket been issued under the conditions of that airline’s agreement with your employing airline
• To offer you a seat in a higher cabin

Just to be clear, I never recommended against getting back up tickets. What I said was that it was not fair to make a blanket statement that all Asian carriers will refuse tickets issued with alternate routings. I make it pretty clear in my article (quoted above) that it's solely up to the airline to accept a ZED ticket on an alternate routing. The ZED agreement doesn't require it, doing so would be as a courtesy and, as many of us have experienced, not all airlines are willing to provide that courtesy, this includes carriers in every region of the world, including Asia. Yet, while there are also airlines in every region that are considerably flexibile, it is still best to assume airlines will not accept such tickets, so be prepared.