Originally Posted by
ojala
Ok, thank you. So the problem with the original itinenary (JNB-MRU-LHR-ARN-LHR-DFW-HNL-NRT-HKG-AKL-SYD-LHR-CDG-LHR-NBO) is that the tail -LHR-CDG-LHR-NBO is possible only with just transits in Europe.
Mileage Monkey didn't make a difference between stopovers and transits so I was puzzled if one can really do the EUR stopovers in two parts..
Yes, this was a xONE5. I was just puzzled how much one could put to the EUR at both the beginning and the end. Even something like JNB-MRU-LHR-ARN,HEL-LHR-LAX-NRT-HKG-SYD-LHR-CAI,DXB-LHR-NBO was valid by MileageMonkey. I wonder if that'd be bookable, though..
No the rule requires one of the two entries into Europe be without stopover and
with a direct transit to/from another continent. After going MRU-
LHR-ARN-LHR... or MRU-
LHR-ARN,HEL-LHR... you've done all your intra-Europe segments; the final portion of the trip must be SYD-xLHR-DAR/NBO etc. No CAIs or DXBs or CDGs in the second pass through Europe.
The airlines have been consistently turning down "free second entry" itineraries that involve more than one landing/takeoff, e.g. HKG-SYD-AKL-xHKG-xSIN-LHR or LHR-xJFK-xDFW-SCL-MIA-JFK-LAX-NRT etc.