Here's an itinerary I'm thinking about. It's just a 5-week vacation -- I like to hop around a lot of places, just my short attention span at play. It's driven by the desire to visit Africa and a few select countries in Europe, along with the goal of avoiding monsoon season in Asia for the most part. Oh, and another goal of wanting to take BA as much as possible for the long-haul flights, for their business class seats.

So, does this seem like a valid itinerary?

ATL - ORD (AA)
ORD - HNL (AA)
HNL - SYD (AA)
SYD - CHC (QF)
CHC - AKL (QF)
AKL - SYD (QF)
SYD - BKK (BA) (Bangkok picked as Asia entry point simply to get a BA flight)
BKK - HKG (CX)
HKG - JNB (CX)
JNB - VFA (BA/Comair)
VFA - JNB (BA/Comair)
JNB - CPT (BA/Comair)
CPT - LHR (BA) (I'm just passing through London, but I wanted the BA metal)
LHR - ZRH (BA) (where I really want to go in Europe)
ZRH - TXL (overland)
TXL - LHR (BA)
LGW - ATL (BA)

I'm not happy with how the trip ends. I'm really just flying through London at the end but the timing is awful, having to go from Heathrow to Gadwick and it looks like it's going to add an overnight stay in London to my trip. I'm not sure what to do about that. I'd rather skip London altogether but it also seems like I have to fly direct to Atlanta to adhere to the '2 segments in originating country' rule.

[This message has been edited by ebell (edited 06-05-2003).]