i intend on embarking on a rtw ex syd. after travelling around the world i will arrive back in mel (which is where i live) from HK, having used none of my sw pacific segments.

I am allowed two stopovers in the country of origin. Suppose i want to fly mel - bme - cbr, which is possible using four segments. Now mel and bme would both count as stopovers, but does cbr count as a stopover, or is it simply the "termination" point of the journey?

I remember calling qantas about a month ago and they said that mel - cns - mel (which is in principle similar) was allowable, but my ta says that qantas informed them that mel - bme - cbr was not allowed?

Does anyone have any ideas on this? I want to ticket soon because of impending price increases, and it is quite difficult to call qantas at the moment..