<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by SanDiego1K:
Are you allowed to fly LHR-IST-LHR-DXB-LHR? I thought you were only allowed two flight segments into the middle east. I don't have the RTW rules in front of me, so perhaps someone more knowledgeable can confirm or deny what I've just said.</font>
Turkey (IST) is not considered the Middle East by the OWE rules. Actually, the rule limitations do not cover the Middle East specifically but limit travel between the UK and a host of Middle Eastern countries and also Portugal, Greece, Russia and several other non-Middle Eastern countries.