Originally Posted by
BrewerSEA
I'm glad to learn LA will begin to fly IPC-LIM in January! Mileage Monkey does not recognize it as a valid OW route.
Also, I don't think it's possible to visit both JNB and NBO on your OWE unless you start in one and end in the other as there is no way to connect between the two without leaving Africa.
By starting in JNB and going to Europe then TC3, you're caught you're caught by the "two European entry" rule - you can only transit Europe (specifically LHR) on the return and only if going to one of the named dead-end cities, NBO, DAR, EBB, ACC etc. (and DAR will probably soon be removed from that list as Comair now fly there from JNB.)
In looking at current prices, however, I don't think the OP saves much money by paying for a flight to and from South Africa to start the ticket. The price for an LONE6 (assuming it's an economy trip) ex-Egypt or ex-Jordan is only a couple hundred dollars (US) more than starting in JNB, and unless the OP wants to end back in Africa at the end of the trip, buying the ticket someplace in Europe might be cheaper all in. Plus, there are relatively cheap flights to Jordan or Egypt from France, so by starting/ending in the Middle East a couple of segments might be saved for use later.