Originally Posted by
Cassolato
Hi, I'm helping a friend booking a LONE5 ticket.
This is his itinerary:
LHR-SFO-LAX-SCL-IPC-SCL-USH-EZE-MIA-LAX-AKL-SYD-BKK-NRT-LHR
1) Is it possible to go from EZE to AKL backtracking in the USA? OW Rules seems to permit this, but the online booking tool doesn't. (is it a known bug?)
2) The ticketing carrier will be BA or AA (I presume). Is it cheaper (no fuel surcharges) booking the ticket with AA? Do the first flight need to be on AA?
As always, thanks for your time.
Nicola
Originally Posted by
christep
The itinerary as written is only valid if one of the trips through North America is a transit of less than 24 hours. You can't, in general, enter a continent twice - the "once more if in transit to/from South America" is an allowed exception.
Moreover you can only transit one location on the second "free" pass through N. America en route to the SW Pacific.
Since AKL is only served from LAX (within North America) the South American portion of the itinerary would have to end at a location with direct flight access to LAX, which at the moment is limited to SCL and LIM.
The itinerary has enough available segments to include a zigzag through the SWP - ...EZE-
SYD-AKL-SYD-BKK... using the Qantas EZE-SYD service; or enough N. American segments that you could go ... LHR-SFO-LAX-
DFW-SCL-IPC-SCL-USH-SCL-
xLAX-AKL...
Or, of course, if space is available, the nonstop LAN flight SCL-AKL is still an option. That would free up a couple of segments elsewhere that could be used.