Originally Posted by
bsl5
Hi All,
I'm planning what I think is a relatively straightforward RTW trip via OneWorld Explorer, but I'm running into a few issues.
My intended itinerary is NYC-LAX-SYD-MEL-TLV-WAW-OSL-NYC.
For some reason, I keep getting the "230: you have too many sectors" error message. Any ideas as to what the issue is?
In case it helps, NYC-LAX is one flight. LAX-SYD is one flight. SYD-MEL is one flight. MEL-TLV is three flights. TLV-WAW is two flights. WAW-OSL is two flights. And OSL-NYC is two flights. I could make SYD-MEL and WAW-OSL both surface sectors, but when I tried that, I still got the error message.
Many thanks in advance for any help,
Benjamin
Welcome to flyertalk
bsl5
Here is a link to the Oneworld Explorer rule sheet on the oneworld web site -
rules here
You are allowed 16 segments maximum on the ticket.
From your decription of your itinerary, you have 12, so that is not the problem
In each continent you are allowed 4
flight segments maximum (6 in Nth America). This is where your problem is - in the continent of Europe/Middle East
TLV to WAW - 2 flights
WAW to OSL - 2 flights
OSL to NYC - 2 fights and I'm guessing one of these is a flight in Europe
plus, perhaps one more flight in Europe/Middle East on the journey from MEL to TLV?
There is no way round the limitation on flights within a continent. So you're just going to have to re-work your itinerary.
Perhaps fly in and out of AMM instead of TLV (and cross the land border)
And yes, in Northern Europe the train services are very good, so you could quite easily have a surface segment there.
Another option is to use the
Global Explorer ticket instead. This ticket is mileage based, restricts the number of
stopovers in a continent, but not the number of
flights. And since your itinerary is quite short (for A RTW) you'll easily fit within the maximum mileage allowed.