Originally Posted by
Moomba
The most significant changes I can see that will hurt is the last sentence of 3.2.1.
FOR TRAVEL ORIGINATING IN AFRICA ONE OF THE
FOLLOWING BACKTRACKS IS PERMITTED.
3.2.1 //AFRICA-EUROPE-RTW-EUROPE-AFRICA//
ONE OF THE VISITS TO EUROPE MUST BE A
TRANSFER WITHOUT STOPOVER BETWEEN AFRICA
AND THE PREVIOUS/NEXT CONTINENT. TRAVEL
MAY NOT INCLUDE MAURITIUS/SOUTH AFRICA.
This means that we can no longer start in SA and finish in NBO (or similar) with two passes through Europe.
My current RTW now shows as invalid as I started in JNB and will finish in NBO with one stop and one transit without stop in Europe.
From my understanding of this if you start in SA or MRU you will always have to go via Asia without visiting the rest of Europe in one direction of travel if you want to visit Europe the other direction.
I think you are confusing the continent of Europe/Middle East with one of the two Zones into which the continent is now split.
You are allowed to start in SA and finish in NBO - but the rule now is that the visits to Europe/Middle East cannot both be in the Europe Zone. (They can both be in the Middle East Zone, or you can have one in each Zone)
So for example, these are OK:
Start with JNB-LHR and end with DOH-NBO (rule 3.2.3)
Start with JNB-DOH and end with LHR-NBO (also rule 3.2.3)
Start with JNB-DOH and end with DOH-NBO (rule 3.2.2)
But you cannot have:
Start with JNB-LHR and end with LHR-NBO (violates rule 3.2.1 because it includes Sth Africa or Mauritius)