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Jun 6, 2011 | 9:15 pm

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pandaperth

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Originally Posted by headinclouds

Great news, especially the EZE-CPT route. I guess the African exception that allows 2 entries in Europe may be on the way out.

I disagree. As I understand it the Africa exception on the Oneworld Explorer ticket is there because the only Oneworld flights into the countries concerned are from Europe. The fact that there has been no Oneworld flight between Africa and Sth America had nothing to do with it.

The exception is:

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4(e) Only one intercontinental departure and one intercontinental arrival permitted in each continent except as follows:
1.
2.
3. For travel to/from or via Ghana, Nigeria, Kenya and Uganda two permitted in Europe when one is a transfer without stopover between
Ghana/Nigeria/Kenya/Uganda and another continent.

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