Originally Posted by
ojala
We're planning to start xONE from JNB and I've been playing with the ideas for the route. The 16-segment limit doesn't make life any easier.
What was the deal with the visits to/through LHR?
Mileage Monkey seems to accept something like JNB-MRU-LHR-ARN-LHR-DFW-HNL-NRT-HKG-AKL-SYD-LHR-CDG-LHR-NBO. Can I really stop in Europe on both the way out and to Africa? If I'd remove the ARN and CDG, would we still be able stop in LHR or is one of them just a transit? Any problems with the SYD-LHR?
I know I've seen the Ghana/Nigeria/Kenya/Uganda/Tanzania transit rule mentioned several times here but I just cannot find any threads when I'd need the info..
Petri
Since you are originating in South Africa and end in Kenya the exception rule does apply:
Only one intercontinental departure and one intercontinental arrival permitted in each continent except
as follows:.....
3. For travel to/from or via Ghana, Nigeria, Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania two permitted in Europe
when one is a transfer without stopover between Ghana/Nigeria/ Kenya/Uganda/Tanzania and another continent.
In your case, you leave Europe from LHR to DFW so the next time you enter Europe you have to transfer and leave Europe again. So your LHR-CDG-LHR part is not possible at the end of your trip and has to be moved to the front. There is nothing wrong with a SYD-LHR flight btw. But it will count as three continents, not two. So you have a DONE5 at the moment, not a DONE4.
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