So does this mean that you can transit US to Europe via Qatar without it being counted as an Asian stop? Or is Qatar considered to be in Europe?
This was a question asked by
ieuan1, not me
As you said Dave - Qatar is in Middle East/Europe
but to answer
ieuan1's question more fully - yes you can fly from US to Qatar and then on to Europe. But it is not considered to be a transit of some other continent. Qatar is part of the continent defined in the ticket rules to be Europe/Middle East and you're just deciding to arrive in that continent at Qatar and then later move on to some other parts of the continent (and by the way you can of course stopover in Qatar, no need for it to be a transit)
( Since when were Egypt/Libya/Sudan anywhere near the Middle East )
Since always - have they been
near the Middle East that is
However for the purposes of the Oneworld Explorer (and other Oneworld tickets too such as the Global Explorer) they are actually considered to be
part of the Middle East.
Which is nice - because you can take advantage of the rule allowing itineraries that commence in a Middle Eastern country to end in any other Middle Eastern country (for example this year we commenced our DONE4 in Sudan and ended it in Dubai)