<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Hagbard Viking:
No, you can't split it into three parts. You can only stop over in North America before or after your South American flights. The other time all stops must be less than 24 hours.
The rule is:
1 INTERCONTINENTAL DEPARTURE AND 1 INTERCONTINENTAL ARRIVAL PERMITTED IN EACH CONTINENT EXCEPT AS FOLLOWS.
- 2 PERMITTED IN NORTH AMERICA. 1 MUST BE A TRANSIT WITHOUT STOPOVER BETWEEN SOUTH AMERICA AND ANOTHER CONTINENT</font>
Right, but :
1. A STOPOVER IS A BREAK OF JOURNEY OVER 24 HOURS.
2. STOPOVERS PERMITTED ANYWHERE.
3. MAXIMUM 2 STOPOVERS PERMITTED IN THE CONTINENT OF ORIGIN.
So, as I read it if I wanted to leave off the RTW itinerary and use a separately purchased ticket to come from and return to the point of stopover this would be permissable? Using my previous example, if I stopped in SCL (and returned home to continue on a few weeks later) instead of going on to DFW it would be legal? I now see that I can't do two NA stops within the rules of the RTW.
I only wish I had time to spend in all these places but I don't. Yet. Fortunately, with the work I'm doing now, someday I'll be able to do this properly and take a month or more for an itin like this!