<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by prudentbear:
Are following segments valid -
ORD-SJU-HNL
(Surface HNL-LAX)
LAX-ORD
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Absolutely not, the purpose of the rule is to prohibit such routings! Valid would be ORD-SJU-HNL-SYD, or SYD-HNL-LAX-ORD etc ... you must immediately fly to/from SYD when going through HNL.