<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by millionmiler:
Yep, I've done it on a biz trip last year - LAX-LHR, LHR-HKG, HKG-LAX all in less than 5 days.</font>
OWE requires 10 days minimum travel precisely to prevent use for this purpose (when issued in area 1). You were either very lucky and got away with a major breach of the rules, or it wasn't a OWE ticket that you were using.