Originally Posted by Gardyloo

My guess is that it's what I'll call the "old" (restrictive) interpretation of the poorly-drafted rule 2(e)(2) -


The placement of the "between the Southwest Pacific and Europe" clause vis a vis the "or" has been interpreted differently over the years. Does it mean the only routing where you can use the "second Asia entry" rule is between the SWP and Europe, or between the SWP and anywhere else? People have been ticketed with your type of routing, or for example, Asia - SWP - Asia - N. America, but have also been turned down.

Your choices seem to be (a) phone and try again (always worth a shot) or (b) just book Qantas' nonstop SYD-JNB flight and be done with it, and use the remaining segment to make up some of the lost miles elsewhere.