Originally Posted by
ProudWings
"E. ONLY ONE INTERCONTINENTAL DEPARTURE AND ONE INTERCONTINENTAL ARRIVAL PERMITTED IN EACH CONTINENT EXCEPT AS FOLLOWS -
1. TWO PERMITTED IN NORTH AMERICA WHEN ONE IS A TRANSFER WITHOUT STOPOVER.
2. TWO PERMITTED IN ASIA WHEN ONE IS A TRANSFER WITHOUT STOPOVER OR ON DIRECT SINGLE PLANE SERVICE BETWEEN SOUTHWEST PACIFIC AND EUROPE."
As I understand it the second exception has in the past been interpreted to mean a transit of Asia is allowed - but only between SWP and Europe; and your transit is between SWP and Nth America.
However, the wording of the exception changed recently and it now seems to allow transits of Asia between any two continents (in practice the exception is only useful if transiting between SWP and another continent) - see this thread
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/onewo...sfer-rule.html
I don't recall anyone reporting that they had successfully booked an itinerary making use of the new interpretation. Perhaps
ProudWings can be the first
