<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by drbala:
It also may avoid the BA rule of limiting segments in the country of origin.</font>
There is no rule about limiting segments in the country of origin.
What there is is the the rule that limits (to two) the number of stopovers in the continent of origin. It's not a "BA rule" it's a OneWorld Rule.