Originally Posted by
Himeno
(k) Travel between South West Pacific and Europe/Middle East on a single flight number/or by surface is considered travelling SWP-Asia-Europe/Middle East through three continents.
This is nothing new
I have a copy of the rules from Dec-2007 and most of this rule was there then
In about Nov-2010 the words "/or by surface" were added - see
post #119 in this thread
IIRC there has been some discussion* on whether this rule will change when QF starts flying non-stop MEL/SYD-DXB-LHR. It would seem pretty hard to claim this is flying via Asia. But no doubt that's what QF will want
*in the relevant thread in the QF forum; the discussion was more focussed on whether xONE3 fares will be able to include SWP