Pacific Commission Attachment
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PACIFIC COMMISSION ATTACHMENT TERMS AND CONDITIONS Upfront Commissions. Unless expressly stated to the contrary in an Attachment, the following conditions shall apply to any Upfront Commissions authorized under this Agreement: (i) In order for a commission to be applicable, tickets must be issued in accordance to ARC/IATA regulations using American Airlines (001 ticket validation) or Japan Airlines (131 ticket validation). Contractor must plate the ticket on the Marketed Carrier of the first Transpacific segment. Tickets validated on a Carrier but Marketed and Operated by another Carrier are subject to a debit memo. (ii) The Endorsement box must show the following: ''Non-Endorsable'', ''Valid on AA/JL only'', and ''Refund only to issuing agent''. (iii) Tickets issued as round-trip must be used round-trip. If the return portion is not used, the Joint Business may issue to Contractor or the Authorized Sales Outlet a debit memo for the difference between the amount remitted and the published one-way fare. (iv) Commissions must be deducted at the time of ticketing. The amount of the Commission shall be based on the base fare only, excluding Charges. (v) Charges, Applicable taxes, airport, immigration, customs, security surcharges and other fees, regardless of country of origin, must be collected by the Authorized Sales Outlet at the time of ticketing. (vi) Fare rules regarding advance purchase, minimum stay, penalties, seasonality, stopovers, discounts, rerouting, open jaw, open returns, service charges and refunds are based on the applicable fare basis codes listed below, and such rules must be followed by the Authorized Sales Outlets (vii) American’s standard Internet/On-line Commission Policy, as updated from time to time in the Agency Reference System currently found at www.aa.com/agency shall be applicable to the Authorized Sales Outlets for travel booked via the Internet/On-line Services (viii) The Joint Business shall pay no retroactive commissions (ix) Commissions must be taken from published fares only. (x) All valid itineraries must auto-price in your GDS. Any forced fares may result in a debit memo.. (xi) Commissions are not payable on prepaid travel authorizations (''PTAs''), group sales, infant fares, claimed Passenger Name Records (''PNRs''), AAirpass and Japan Domestic. (xii) Tickets issued for which a Commission is taken under this Agreement shall not be eligible for discounts or additional commission payments provided by The Joint Business under other types of programs, including but not limited to, corporate travel, special pricing/discounts, or other upfront agreements, and any Commission payments to an Authorized Sales Outlet for travel covered by this Agreement shall be in lieu of and not in addition to all other payments for the sale of such travel which an Authorized Sales Outlet might be entitled to receive under any other agreement with The Joint Business. (xiii) Use of e-tickets is mandatory where e-ticket is available. Tickets must be issued automatically (machine driven). Manual tickets are not permitted (xiv) The entire itinerary set forth on the ticket must be eligible for the Commission in order for the Authorized Sales Outlets to take the Commission (xv) If a ticket contains a combination of Gateway Routings or Commission levels, the lowest Commission level shall be the level used for determining the Commission applicable to the ticket (xvi) Travel in conjunction with oneworld®* airlines and or AA/JL Code-Share services are also included, provided the ticket(s) reflects one continuous itinerary that includes transpacific service(s) operated exclusively by AA/JL (xvii) A percent Upfront Commission (''Standard Routing Commission'') can be deducted on the entire ticket when all travel on the entire ticket is with AA/JL as the Marketing Carrier and/or Operating Carrier, provided that all applicable conditions and rules are met, including the following tickets must originally be issued by Authorized Sales Outlets for travel segment(s) to/from Asia (JB), where applicable. AA/JL must be the Marketing Carrier or Operating Carrier for travel. (xviii) Special Routing Commission Connecting to a Preferred Carrier- In lieu of any ''Standard Routing Commission'', a percent Upfront Commission (‘’Special Routing Commission’’) can be deducted on the entire ticket when AA/JL are both the Marketing Carrier and Operating Carrier on any and all of the Transpacific Segments and there is a connection in Asia to a listed Preferred Carrrier for travel within or beyond the Asian gateway, provided that all applicable conditions and rules are met, including the following: a. Routing excludes codeshare flights on the Transpacific Segment to Asia, however, codeshare flights within Asia marketed with the AA*/JL* code are included. b. The entire ticket beyond the American Gateway in Asia must be eligible for the Commission in order for the Authorized Sales Outlets to take the Commission and issued using AA’s validation (001) or JL’s validation (131) and the Operating Carrier must occur on a ‘’Preferred Carrier’’. A Preferred Carrier for purposes of this Commission shall mean any oneworld® carrier and including the following: Air China (CA), China Eastern Airlines (MU), Vietnam (VN), Hainan Airlines (HU), Asiana (OZ), China Airlines (CI), Eva Airways (BR), Korean (KE), and Philippine Airlines (PR). c. Travel on the entire itinerary must initially be booked by an Authorized Sales Outlet from the published Fare Class, and including the Special Gateway Routing, set forth below. When using these Preferred Carriers to connect to or from AA/JL, you must book the travel in the Preferred Carrier’s equivalent class of service for the fare type being ticketed. For the avoidance of doubt, all valid itineraries must auto-price in your GDS. Any forced fares may result in a debit memo. (xix) Special Routing Commission Travel Originating on Air Canada (AC) - In lieu of any ''Standard Routing Commission'', a percent Upfront Commission (‘’Special Routing Commission’’) can be deducted on the entire ticket when JL is both the Marketing Carrier and Operating Transpacific Carrier on any and all of the Transpacific Segments and there is a connection in Vancouver Canada using Air Canada, and cannot be a codeshare flight, provided that all applicable conditions and rules are met, including the following: a. Travel on the entire itinerary must initially be booked by an Authorized Sales Outlet from the published Fare Class, and including the Special Gateway Routing, set forth. For the avoidance of doubt, all valid itineraries must auto-price in your GDS. Any forced fares may result in a debit memo. b. Tickets on this Special Routing Commission using AC must be validated on JL 131 ticket stock. (xx) Special Routing Commission Connecting to Alaska Airlines (AS) - In lieu of any ''Standard Routing Commission'', a percent Upfront Commission (‘’Special Routing Commission’’) can be deducted on the entire ticket when AA/JL are both the Marketing Carrier and Operating Carrier on any and all of the Transpacific Segments and there is a connection in US or Canada to/from Alaska Airlines for travel within or beyond the Asian gateway, provided that all applicable conditions and rules are met, including the following: a. Travel on the entire itinerary must initially be booked by an Authorized Sales Outlet from the published Fare Class, and including the Special Gateway Routing, set forth. For the avoidance of doubt, all valid itineraries must auto-price in your GDS. Any forced fares may result in a debit memo. (xxi) Special Routing Commission Connecting to jetBlue Airways (B6) - In lieu of any ''Standard Routing Commission'', a percent Upfront Commission (‘’Special Routing Commission’’) can be deducted on the entire ticket when AA/JL are both the Marketing Carrier and Operating Carrier on any and all of the Transpacific Segments and there is a connection in US or Canada to/from jetBlue Airways for travel within or beyond the Asian gateway, provided that all applicable conditions and rules are met, including the following: a. Travel on the entire itinerary must initially be booked by an Authorized Sales Outlet from the published Fare Class, and including the Special Gateway Routing, set forth. For the avoidance of doubt, all valid itineraries must auto-price in your GDS. Any forced fares may result in a debit memo. (xxii) Special Routing Commission Travel Originating on Virgin America (VX) - In lieu of any ''Standard Routing Commission'', a percent Upfront Commission (‘’Special Routing Commission’’) can be deducted on the entire ticket when JL is both the Marketing Carrier and Operating Transpacific Carrier on any and all of the Transpacific Segments and there is a connection in US using Virgin America, and cannot be a codeshare flight, provided that all applicable conditions and rules are met, including the following: a. Travel on the entire itinerary must initially be booked by an Authorized Sales Outlet from the published Fare Class, and including the Special Gateway Routing, set forth. For the avoidance of doubt, all valid itineraries must auto-price in your GDS. Any forced fares may result in a debit memo. b. Tickets on this Special Routing Commission using VX must be validated on JL 131 ticket stock. (xxiii) Segment Commission- In lieu of any ''Standard Routing Commission'' or ''Special Routing Commission'', a segment bonus dollar amount (''Segment Commission'') can be deducted from the ticket for each Transpacific segment where AA/JL is the Marketing Carrier and Operating Carrier, provided all applicable conditions and rules are met, including the following: a. The ‘’Segment Commission’’ grid indicates the amount that an Authorized Sales Outlet may deduct before submitting the tickets to ARC or IATA. Authorized Sales Outlets shall determine the applicable Commission and enter the dollar amount in the ticket commission box b. To/From AA/JL gateway destinations in Japan, China or South Korea and up to 3 other non-preferred carriers segments beyond in Asia (must be plated on 001 or 131) c.