Originally Posted by
anabolism
First international flight? There used to be a rule in the OW fares about this. And several here have discussed how the first flight can't be changed. But first intercontinental flight? I'd not heard of this before.

So which is it that causes the problem: the first flight, the first international flight or the first inter-continental flight? And if it's anything other than the first flight then why is there a problem?
So if my *ONE* itinerary starts PER-SYD-AKL-SCL, which of these flights causes a problem? or do they all?