Originally Posted by
skipaway
I'm confused, but hopeful. I saw a similar itinerary on the "longest 16 segment" thread (post # 24) in the sticky re useful links , and now this one. The one in the sticky actually had the MM "valid itin" message, and neither that trip, nor this one, has been contradicted so far. I thought you could only have a maximum of two stopovers in continent of origen, one leaving, one returning. Not so? If this works, sign me up!
There seems to be some confusion over a relatively new line in the fare rules. You are allowed two stopovers (> 24h) in the
continent of origin, always have been. For stopovers in the
country of origin, there's now a maximum of one outgoing and one incoming. This would apply mainly in countries like the US or Oz where internal flights are often taken prior to leaving the country of origin for the first time, or where more than one internal flight might occur upon returning to that country at the end of the trip. But the rule regarding timing of the stopovers only applies to the country of origin, not the continent.