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Apr 17, 2011 | 9:33 pm

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serfty

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Land/Surface segments (or open Jaw) count towards your 16 segment overall limit, but do not count for your continental limit.

So -HNL-LAX-EWR,LGA-DFW-FLL,MIA-DFW- is quite valid as it only has five NA segments.

Note that this N/A part does use up seven of the sixteen allowable segments; so AKL-SYD-HNL-LAX-EWR,LGA-DFW-FLL,MIA-DFW-LHR-BCN-MAD-LHR-SIN-SYD-AKL uses all of those sixteen segments. (14 flight and 2 surface segments)

Note the distinction in the rules between 'segments ... including surface ...' and 'flight segments', even to the point of the word flight being bolded. (http://www.oneworld.com/content/libr...r.pdf#pageno=3)

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(h)    A minimum of 3 and maximum of 16 segments, including surface
       segments between any 2 airports, are permitted for the entire
       journey. Free flight segments within each continent 
       are limited as follows:

       Africa                4
       Asia                  4
       Europe Middle East    4 ...
       North America         6
       South America         4
       South West Pacific    4

Last edited by serfty; Apr 17, 2011 at 9:43 pm Reason: Added Rules / Link

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