DIRECTIONAL MINIMUM CHECK (DMC)
THE DIRECTIONAL MINIMUM CHECK (DMC) IS A SEARCH FOR THE HIGHEST ONE-WAY FARE BETWEEN ANY TWO TICKETED POINTS IN EITHER DIRECTION WITHIN THE FARE COMPONENT.
THE FARE TO BE CHARGED SHALL NOT BE LESS THAN THE DIRECT ROUTE ONE WAY FARE FOR THE HIGHEST RATED PAIR OF POINTS APPLICABLE IN EITHER DIRECTION FOR THE CLASS OF SERVICE USED BETWEEN ANY TICKETED POINTS WITHIN THE FARE COMPONENT AND APPLICABLE TO ONE WAY FARE ONLY WHEN TRAVEL IS TO / FROM / VIA JAPAN AND IF THE TRAFFIC DOCUMENT IS SOLD OUTSIDE THE COUNTRY WHERE THE JOURNEY STARTS.
APPLICABLE
APPLICABLE TO ONE-WAY PUs – USING ONE-WAY FARES – AND TO NORMAL OPEN JAW PUs – USING HALF-ROUND TRIP FARES.
APPLES TO ALL TICKETED POINTS – BOTH STOPOVERS AND CONNECTIONS ARE INCLUDED IN THE CHECK.
IF ITINERARY IS A “SPECIFIED ROUTING”
THAN DMC CHECK IS APPLICABLE ONLY TO ONE – WAY JOURNEY, IF JOURNEY IS “TO/FROM/VIA” JAPAN, PROVIDED THESE ROUTINGS HAVE BEEN SOLD OUTSIDE THE COUNTRY OF COMMENCEMENT OF TRAVEL (COC).
IF ITINERARY IS NOT A “SPECIFIED ROUTING”
IN THAT CASE DMC CHECK IS APPLICABLE ON BOTH ONE – WAY & NORMAL OPEN JAW JOURNEYS, IF JOURNEY IS ORIGINATING FROM JAPAN & TICKET IS SOLD OUTSIDE JAPAN BUT ISSUED INSIDE JAPAN (SOTI – TRANSACTION)
DMC APPLICATION – WHEN 2 OR MORE OW PRICING UNITS
WHEN 2 OR MORE OW PRICING UNITS HAVE BEEN INCREASED TO AN OSC FARE, THE COMBINED OWS ARE CONSIDERED AS ONE PRICING UNIT FOR PURPOSES OF APPLYING SUBSEQUENT CHECKS, SUCH AS THE DMC.
Y2 OR SECONDARY FARES FOR THE DMC
WHERE MORE THAN ONE NORMAL FARE IS PUBLISHED FOR THE CARRIER AND THE CLASS OF SERVICE USED, THE LOWER / LOWEST LEVEL MAY BE USED. THIS MEANS THAT YOU MAY USE SECONDARY FARES FOR THE DMC IF THERE ARE ANY.
THERE IS NO NEED TO WORRY ABOUT STOPOVER OR TRANSFER LIMITATIONS.
TICKETING CODE
THE DESIGNATED TICKETING CODE IS “P”.
MANUAL TICKET ENTRY
ENTER THE DMC SECTOR BELOW THE ROUTING
CARR CODE BOX ENTER THE CODE “P”
AND IN THE FARE CALCULATION BOX, ENTER THE PLUS UP
AUTOMATED TICKET ENTRY
ENTER "P" AFTER THE NUC + BHC + OSC, PLUS UP IF ANY, WITH CITY PAIR FOLLOWED BY THE AMOUNT OF THE PLUS UP.
COUNTRIES CONSIDERED THE SAME FOR DMC PURPOSES
DENMARK, NORWAY, AND SWEDEN ARE CONSIDERED ONE COUNTRY (SCANDINAVIA)
RUSSIA (EAST OF THE URALS, WHICH IS IN ASIA) AND RUSSIA (WEST OF THE URALS, WHICH IS IN EUROPE) IS ONE COUNTRY IN SPITE OF HAVING TWO DIFFERENT COUNTRY CODES, I.E., XU AND RU RESPECTIVELY
METROPOLITAN FRANCE: CONTINENTAL FRANCE AND CORSICA
FRENCH OVERSEAS DEPARTMENTS (DOM) - FRENCH GUIANA, GUADELOUPE (INCLUDING ST. BARTHELEMY, NORTHERN ST. MARTIN, LES SAINTS, LA DESIRADE, MARIE-GALANTE-GRAND BOURG), MARTINIQUE, MAYOTTE, REUNION, ST. PIERRE AND MIQUELON
FRENCH OVERSEAS TERRITORIES (TOM) - NEW CALEDONIA (INCLUDING LOYALTY ISLANDS), FRENCH POLYNESIA (INCLUDING WALLIS AND FUTUNA)
EXCEPTIONS
TRAFFIC DOCUMENTS ISSUED IN THE COUNTRY FROM WHICH THE JOURNEY STARTS. NOTE: SCANDINAVIA IS CONSIDERED AS ONE COUNTRY.
TRAFFIC DOCUMENT ISSUED IN TC1 FOR JOURNEYS COMMENCING IN TC1.
FOR TRAFFIC DOCUMENTS ISSUED IN CANADA / USA / US TERRITORIES FOR JOURNEYS TO CANADA, USA / US TERRITORIES.
FOR SALES IN USA / US TERRITORIES FOR FARE COMPONENTS BETWEEN FOREIGN POINTS.
WHEN THE JOURNEY ORIGINATES IN THE FOLLOWING WEST AFRICAN COUNTRIES: BENIN + BURKINA FASO + CAMEROON + CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC + CHAD + CONGO (BRZ) + COTE D’IVOIRE + EQUATORIAL GUINEA + GABON + GUINEA–BISSEAU + MALI + NIGER + SENEGAL, OR TOGO, AND THE TRAFFIC DOCUMENT IS ISSUED IN THESE COUNTRIES.