Originally Posted by
under the clocks
It is the grouping of Australia and NZ under the South West Pacific banner which throws it.
I am departing NZ for Australia, then departing Australia for HKG, and arriving back in Australia from the USA before departing for NZ to complete the circle.
Sorry, I guess I'm dense this morning. Australia and New Zealand are in the same continent (SWP). You depart from that continent once (MEL-HKG) and arrive in that continent once (LAX-MEL), thus meeting the "Only one Intercontinental departure and one intercontinental arrival permitted in each continent" rule. What's the problem I'm not seeing?
I assume the rule is intended to stop you back-tracking continents, e.g., you have to go SWP-Asia-NA-SWP and you can't go SWP-Asia-SWP-NA-SWP (as that would be 2 intercontinental arrivals in SWP).