Originally Posted by
pianoperson
hi
i'm new to routings ex SA and having read the OW Rules I thought that this routing was possible .... I've given the bare bones - the area of contention is at the end
JNB-HKG-SYD-WLG-SYD-HKG-JFK-LAX-LHRxNBO-LHR-JNB
The online booking tool doesn't let me do the final flights via LHR - says only allowed one intercontinental arrival and departure
I thought that this routing was possible as long as one of the 2 LHR visits was transit only
Or have I not understood the rules correctly
Thanks!
You are not understanding
all the rules correctly
You are wanting to visit Africa too many times
- start there (JNB)
- make a visit to NBO from Europe and return to Europe
- end there (back to JNB)
You cannot do that - the general rule is:
Only one intercontinental departure and one intercontinental arrival permitted in each continent
The tool does have a bug regarding the allowed transit of Europe
I reported this in the tool bugs thread a short time ago
The rule the tool should allow is:
For travel to/from or via Ghana, Nigeria, Kenya and Uganda two permitted in Europe when one is a transfer without stopover between Ghana/Nigeria/Kenya/Uganda and another continent.
Your segments LAX-LHR-NBO are OK - the rule does not come into play
The tool gives the error message when you are returning to Europe from NBO - which is the bug. But in any case your further segments NBO-LHR-JNB are not allowed because (i) you're leaving and arriving back into Africa a second time and (ii) the transit is not to another continent as required by the rules - it is back to Africa