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Old Dec 3, 2012 | 7:12 am
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i don't think so

previously i've successfully done FRA-BKK-TPE-NRT-PVG-ICN-SIN as a single one-way, so my guess is that within a region (NA, Europe etc), those are considered positioning flights and not backtracking

however, JFK-DOH-FRA-BKK would be backtracking
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