It's a bit confusing because I have flown from LAX-NRT-SGN and then SGN-NRT-LAX. This was a straight round-trip, I did a stopover in NRT for a few days on the way home.

From my point of view, I used one flight coupon for the outbound flight (LAX-SGN) and then used one flight coupon for the inbound flight (SGN-LAX) with two boarding passes (SGN-NRT, NRT-LAX).

So I guess I'm confusing the difference between the "inbound/outbound segment" and a "segment".

So, for the record:

If the flight number is the same, the plane stops at the airport, and I get back onto the plane within 24 hours, then it is one flight coupon (i.e. one segment).

If the flight numbers are different, even if all I am doing is changing from one plane to another to continue my journey (i.e. run from one plane to another plane), then I require two flight coupons and thus is counted as two segments.

I think I got this down, right?

Alex

p.s. I think I also messed up on my flight schedule. Looks like I can only do two overs from my originating continent. So if I start in OZ, then I can only go to two other cities before flying out. As Homer Simpson would say "Duh!"

[This message has been edited by alex_tdi (edited Dec 29, 2003).]