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Sep 27, 2008 | 10:53 pm

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Originally Posted by hardiwv

Thanks for the replies. KQ is not feasible connection because I need to go to South America. From Africa to South America the only options are MH JNB-CPT-EZE but MH is not member of Sky while SA operates JNB-GRU but is a member of Star. Therefore flying back to Europe is necessary.

Anyone knows whether when returning to Europe I need to connect in the next immediate flight or do I have 24h for the connection? Any specific rules? KL flights from KRT arrives in AMS early in the morning and I wanted at least a 24h break.

Tks,

You don't have to go to Europe. You could fly DL to ATL. That should arrive in the afternoon and then you could connect to South America a few hours later.

Depending on your scheduling needs, you could also leave the Africa stop(s) for the end of the trip by flying Europe-S.America-N.America-Asia-Africa-Europe.

Since there is usually only 1 flight per day to most long haul destinations, the 24 hour layover rule generally means you must catch the next flight out.

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