Somebody called my name??
Okay here is my 2 cents worth of comments on tfung's itinerary. I think you mentioned that you will be issuing the ticket in BKK and hope that the BKK agents will overlook some sectors. Not very likely! Every travelagent will refer to the issuing carrier and in this case, you've chosen to issue the ticket with OneWorld's most STRINGENT carrier who goes everything BY-THE-BOOK-RULES - CATHAY PACIFIC. I can almost guarantee what they will tell you...
BKK HKG x 05-24 CX702 <HKG is 1st stop-doesn't matter if you're connecting to TPE to NRT. You're on CX 450 from HKG-TPE-NRT, CX will not allow that! From NRT, you cannot backtrack to HKG again. So these are your 2 stops HKG and NRT>
HKG TPE x 05-25 CX450
TPE NRT 05-25 CX450
NRT HKG 05-27 CX505
HKG LHR x 06-18 CX255
LHR DXB 06-18 BA107
DXB LHR x 06-19 BA106
LHR HEL 06-19 BA794
HEL LHR 06-20 BA795
LHR YVR x 06-23 BA85 <This is backtracking>
YVR JFK x 06-24 CX888 <CX will insist that you fly LHR-JFK first then Sth Amer, then YVR but not the routing you have>
JFK BOS 06-24 AA211
JFK SCL x 08-03 LA533
SCL EZE 08-04 LA533
EZE SCL x 08-05 LA420
SCL PPT 08-05 LA833 <PPT is considered SWP and therefore you cannot do this route and backtrack to SCL>
PPT SCL x 08-06 LA834
SCL MIA x 08-06 LA500
MIA DFW x 08-07 AA908
DFW LAX 08-07 AA2413 <Only 1 transcon allowed> From the direction you're doing, you can only go Westward and cannot backtrack to ORD!
LAX ORD 08-08 AA1238
ORD LAX x 08-09 AA873
LAX AKL 08-09 QF26
AKL SYD x 08-12 QF116
SYD AYQ 08-12 QF412
AYQ PER x 08-13 QF923
PER SYD 08-13 QF566
SYD HKG x 08-16 CX110
HKG BKK 08-17 CX751
(x=transit)
Doesn't matter what we say here - CX will have final say depending on how they interpret the rules. Although in theory all OneWorld partners have the same set of rules, in my experience, CX conjures their own interpretation of what they think is right. And if BKK doesn't understand anything, they will refer to HK and trust me, they are even more strict over there!
Good luck!
[This message has been edited by Guy Betsy (edited 04-25-2001).]