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Article 13 Definitions

The “ Conditions of Carriage”: refer s to the "General Conditions of C arriage of Beijing Airlines Co., Ltd.". Unless otherwise specified, the following terms in these C onditions have the following meanings:

1 3.1 “We” : means Beijing Airlines Co., Ltd .

1 3 . 2 “You” or “Passenger”: means any person, except members of the crew, carried or to be carried in a civil aircraft pursuant to a ticket.

1 3.3 Carrier” : means an public air transportation enterprise that carry passenger s and baggage in order to earn profits.

1 3.4 "Ticket i ng carrier" : refers to the carrier that uses the ticket stock and ticket number s of the carrier to sign an air transportation contract with the passenger.

13.5 “Operating c arrier" : means a carrier that performs related transportation under the authorization of the issuing carrier.

13.6 "Authorized s ales a gent" : refers to a passenger transportation sales agent company authorized by us to sell our air transportation services on our behalf and within the framework of our authorization.

13.7 "Authorized ground service agent" : refers to an enterprise authorized by us to provide ground service agency services for air transportation of passengers and baggage on our behalf and within the agreed scope of authorization.

13.8 " T icket" is a type of transportation certificate, including paper ticket and electronic ticket.

13.9 "Conditions of use of ticket ": It means the applicable conditions of use of fare s applicable to the designated seat class code s or fare type s .

13.10 " T icket change": refers to changes in flight schedule, flight date, clas ses , carrier, etc.

13. 11 “Flight” , refers to the act of flying performed along a specific air route at a specific time on a specific date.

13.1 2 “Agreed Stopping Place” : refers to the place , except the place of departure and the place of destination, set out in the t icket or shown in our timetables as scheduled stopping places on your route.

13.13 "Class of service": refers to the classification of aircraft cabin configurations , including first class, business class, premium economy class, and economy class.

13.14 "Class es ": refers to the class code shown on your ticket.

13.1 5 "Fare" : refers to the price of air transportation services provided by the carrier us ing civil aircraft to transport passengers from the airport of departure to the airport of destination, excluding the taxes and fees collected in accordance with national regulations.

13.1 6 "Normal fare" : means the highest fare of first class, business class, premium e conomy class and economy class during the applicable period.

13.1 7 "Special fare" means other fares that are not normal fares.

13.1 8 "Reservation /booking " : means the reservation of your reserved seat, clas ses , or the weight and volume of baggage.

13.1 9 "Valid ID" : means the valid certificate required by the relevant government authorities to prove your identity that you should present when purchasing tickets and boarding flights.

13. 20 "Valid travel documents" : include valid ID documents and all other documents for exit, entry, transit and health required by laws, regulations, decrees or other regulations of other relevant countries or regions.

13.21 "At least X years old" : refers to the calculation based on the year, month and day of the Gregorian calendar, starting from the day of the first birthday.

13.2 2 " Be late for a flight" : means the situation where you fail to complete the flight check-in procedures within the specified time or fail to board the flight because your travel documents do not meet the requirements.

13.2 3 "Miss a flight" : means the situation where you have not boarded the flight shown on your ticket after checking in at the departure station or making a transit at the stopover airport.

13.2 4 " Take a wrong flight" : means the situation where you have taken a flight that is not shown on the ticket.

1 3 .2 5 “Baggage” : means the necessary, and an appropriate quantity of, personal articles that you wear and use for convenience and comfort during the travel.

1 3 . 26 “Checked b aggage ” means the baggage which you hand over to the carrier for transportation and for which we have issued the b aggage i dentification t ag.

1 3 . 27 “ Unchecked Baggage” means any of your baggage, other than c hecked b aggage, which you taken into the cabin and you are to take care of by yourself.

1 3 . 28 “Baggage i dentification t ag ” means a document issued solely for identification of checked baggage.

1 3 . 29 “Overbooking” means the situation where the carrier sells more seats than the number of seats available on a flight in order to reduce the number of seats that would otherwise go empty.

13. 30 "Volunteer" means the passenger who, in response to the carrier's call, is willing to accept conditions of compensation provided by the carrier and give up his/her reserved sea t on his/her flight.

13. 31 "Transportation Credit Voucher (TCV) " refers to a special transportation document issued by us to provide various types of compensation to passengers, which can be used , in favor of the passenger named on i t or another person designated by the passenger , to exchange for a ticket on a flight operated by us , or to pay e xcess baggage fees, fare differences, change handling fees, etc . But TCV cannot be used to pay various taxes. T CV is valid within one year from the date of i ts issuance.

13.3 2 "Electronic c ompensation voucher " : refers to a form of economic compensation that can be used by its recipient to get a deduction from the ticket purchased to benefit its recipient himself /herself or others. The electronic compensation voucher is valid for one year from the date of its receipt.

13.3 3 "Consumable Mile age " : means the mileage which you earn, based on our rules, when flying on the member carriers of Air China system Air China’s partner carriers , or making purchases at non-airline partners (excluding special retailers ), or participating in "PhoenixMiles" promotions, etc. , and which can be used for awards.

13.3 4 "Domestic air transportation ” means the transportation where, according to the contract of transportation signed by you and us , the place of departure , the destination and the a greed s topping p lace are all situated in the People’s Republic of China.

13.3 5 " International air transportation ” means the transportation where, according to the contract of transportation signed by you and us , the place of departure . or the destination or the a greed s topping p lace, whether or not there is a break in the transportation or a connection , is not situated in the People’s Republic of China.

13.36 "The laws of the People's Republic of China" or "the laws of China" : refer to the laws of the People's Republic of China, except for the laws of the Hong Kong SAR, Macau SAR of the People's Republic of China and Taiwan Region of the People's Republic of China for the purpose of these C onditions of Carriage.

1 3 . 3 7 “Convention s ” means whichever of the following instruments is applicable:

The Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules Relating to International Carriage by Air, signed at Warsaw, 12 October 1929 (Warsaw Convention , in short ; for details, see http://www.caac.gov.cn/XXGK/XXGK/GJGY/201510/t20151029_8979.html);

The Warsaw Convention as amended at The Hague on 28 September 1955 (Hague Protocol , in short ; for details, see http://www.caac.gov.cn/XXGK/XXGK/GJGY/201510/t20151029_8978.html);

The Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules for International Carriage by Air, done at Montreal on 28 May 1999 (Montreal Convention , in short ; for details, see http://www.caac.gov.cn/XXGK/XXGK/GJGY/201510/t20151029_8976.html).

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