WDB BOARDED INSUFFICIENT FUEL TO MAKE THE TRIP DIRECT TO DEST AND HAD TO LAND AT THEIR REFILE POINT FOR MORE FUEL.

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ON A FLT FROM LFPG TO KLAX I LANDED AT KDEN TO PUT ON MORE FUEL TO COMPLETE THE FLT TO KLAX. I WAS ON A RECLR FLT PLAN WITH KDEN AS MY REFUELING ARPT. ON THE DIRECT FLT PLAN THERE WAS AN ERROR IN THE RESERVE REQUIREMENT. THIS MADE THE DIRECT FUEL LESS THAN RECLR FUEL. RECLR FUEL IS ALWAYS LESS THAN DIRECT FUEL. FAR 121.645 STATES THAT RESERVE FUEL ON ANY INTL FLT MUST BE EQUIP TO THAT REQUIRED TO FLY 10 PERCENT OR THE TOTAL TIME FROM THE ARPT OR DEP TO; AND LAND AT; THE ARPT TO WHICH THE FLT WAS RELEASED. A RECLR FLT PLAN IS CONSTRUCTED SO THAT THE FLT IS ORIGINALLY RELEASED TO AN ARPT SHORT OF THE INTENDED DEST. THEN DURING FLT; IT IS RERELEASED (RECLRED) TO THE INTENDED DEST FROM A POINT WHERE 10 PERCENT OF THE FLT TIME REQUIRES MUCH LESS FUEL. OUR FLT WAS ON A SLOT TIME OF XA25-XA35 OUT OF LFPG. IF I HAD REQUESTED A NEW FLT PLAN; I WOULD HAVE MISSED MY SLOT TIME. I THOUGHT THE ERROR WAS IN THE ETR 924304 AND PUT ON 185600 LBS OF RAMP FUEL. LNDG FUEL AT KDEN WAS 20400 LBS. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 250750: THE OTHER FO/IRO DID THE OUTSIDE PREFLT AND WT AND BAL. I DID THE COCKPIT SAFETY INSPECTION AND PREFLT. MEANWHILE; THE CAPT HAD THE FLT PLAN AND CALCULATOR WORKING ON A FUEL LOAD. APPROX 10 MINS PRIOR TO ENG START THE CAPT ASKED IF WE AGREED WITH HIS FUEL CALCULATIONS. THE FLT PLAN WAS A REFILE PLAN USED BY ACR. NEITHER MYSELF NOR THE OTHER FO/IRO HAD BEEN TRAINED IN ITS USE. I HAVE; HOWEVER; DISCUSSED SUCH PLANS WITH OUR DISPATCHERS AND THOUGHT I KNEW FUEL BURN AS THE TOTAL OF BURN TO THE RECLR POINT PLUS BURN TO DEST (BOTH IN COLUMN 2 OF OUR FLT PLAN). THE CAPT INDICATED I WAS USING THE WRONG DATA. AS I WAS BASICALLY UNFAMILIAR WITH THE DETAILS OF THE REFILE FORMAT; I ACCEPTED HIS DECISION. DISPATCH FILED RANDOM TRACKS; AS A RESULT; WE NEVER GOT FILED ALT (FL350) UNTIL OVER CANADIAN TERRITORY; WE CROSSED AT FL280. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: DISPATCH ISSUED AN IMPROPER FLT PLAN THAT CONFUSED THE CAPT. HE KNEW IT WAS WRONG AND TRIED TO SORT OUT THE FIGURES; BUT WAS NOT SUCCESSFUL. HE ASKED THE FO TO CHK HIS FIGURES WHO DISAGREED WITH THEM BUT WAS NOT POSITIVE ENOUGH TO INSIST. REFILE FLT PLANS ARE NOT PERMITTED THROUGH CANADIAN AIRSPACE; BUT THE ACR DOES IT ANYWAY. THE FAA WAS MADE AWARE OF THIS AT THE HEARING. CREW DID NOT GET A NEW FLT PLAN BECAUSE THE ACFT WAS PARKED AT A REMOTE SITE MAKING IT DIFFICULT; AND THEY WERE CONCERNED; FOR SECURITY REASONS; ABOUT A MISSING PAX WHO HAD CHKED HIS BAGGAGE. THE CHIEF PLT THREATENED TO HAVE THE FAA PULL RPTR'S TICKET IF HE COMPLAINED ABOUT THE LACK OF FO TRAINING IN REFILE PROCS. RPTR IS UNION CHAIRMAN AND THE COMPANY HAS BEEN TRYING TO 'GET' HIM. THE FLC APPEALED THEIR GNDING AND THE COMPANY BACKED DOWN SOMEWHAT. THE FAA ATTENDED THEIR AMNESTY HEARING; THEY WERE NOT SUPPOSED TO. THEY HAD LEGAL FUEL TO MAKE DEN.