i had revised my itin according darren's suggestion.

now still a couple Q to confirm:
1. JNB-VFA-jnb(x)-HKG should be fine, since 2nd JNB is transit, not stopover
2. the old OWE rule said, no 2 'o' if origin is among the 4 Southern African countries.
however the new (rule) wording is more ambigous, it seems to allow interpretation as "no transit via lon/mad for journeys intra- these 4 countries". i.e. lhr-lagos-lhr-cpt is allowed, or MRU/NBO/SEZ. . but lhr-cpt-lhr-jnb is NOT allowed. anyone has such experiences/insight/comment?
3. now SXM is not in the forbidden list, so i can possibly get away with both jfk-yvr and lax-sxm...well, will try my luck ). i saw F in CX trip-planner in this flight. but strange that it is a one-way flight. did i miss something?

[This message has been edited by pegasus8228 (edited 12-09-2001).]