oneworld - xONE4 ex-MEL

Hi all

I am planning a xONE4 for next year. I have been messing around with some routings and came up with the following:

MEL-LHR-DME-MAD-VIE-LHR-LAX-ORD-PDX-DFW-MIA-BOS-SFO-NRT-DEL-HKG-MEL

Neither Mileage Monkey nor the Oneworld booking tool throw up any errors on this routing. Yet I don't think it is valid as you would have to touch Asia as part of the MEL-LHR.

Is this valid or am I right in thinking it is something that isn't picked up until you try to physical book and pay for the ticket?

Thanks in advance

You will not have a problem. It is an exception within the rules.

Yes, that looks OK to me.

... Yet I don't think it is valid as you would have to touch Asia as part of the MEL-LHR.The "rule" being referred to is rule 4(e)(2) -

(e) Only one intercontinental departure and one intercontinental arrival permitted in each continent except as follows:
1. <not relevant>
2. Two permitted in Asia when one is a transfer without stopover, or on direct single plane service between the Southwest Pacific and Europe.

MEL-LHR-DME-MAD-VIE-LHR-LAX-ORD-PDX-DFW-MIA-BOS-SFO-NRT-DEL-HKG-MEL



I thought SYD-LHR was the only routing that offered a single flight number despite transiting in SIN. If you go via MEL doesn't that mean you will need MEL-(asian hub)-LHR with two flight numbers? If so, it seems you have one too many segments... ?

i thought syd-lhr was the only routing that offered a single flight number despite transiting in sin. If you go via mel doesn't that mean you will need mel-(asian hub)-lhr with two flight numbers? If so, it seems you have one too many segments... ?
* lhr-syd: Qf2, qf31

* lhr-mel: Qf30, qf10

AA do not fly ORD-PDX.

Thanks for that. Have to route through SEA instead.

I thought SYD-LHR was the only routing that offered a single flight number despite transiting in SIN. If you go via MEL doesn't that mean you will need MEL-(asian hub)-LHR with two flight numbers? If so, it seems you have one too many segments... ?The Australian and European based airlines that fly between EU and AU all have single flight numbers even with a stopover in Asia. AU<->EU flights have connections (and thus two flight numbers) on the Asian/Middle Eastern airlines.