Originally Posted by flatlander

That formerly very war-torn country with a line to Doha via another stop in southern Africa means burning an extra segment to get out versus somewhere like JNB, and is only about 7%, GBP417 cheaper (for AONE4, ex taxes/charges) than ex-JNB (prices via Expertflyer).

Interesting hack, but I'm not sure that's worth it.

It would be nice if this dodges the South Africa restriction in the recent OWE rule sheet that prevents the former trick of JNB-LHR RTW LHR-JNB that used to allow for a nice lot of F travel. However I don't think it does.

ex-NBO does but ex-NBO is expensive, nearly LHR prices.

(CX have just about ended F service JNB-HKG so an ex-JNB AONEx leaving JNB on that route is not very F any more)

However thanks for the hint, (though obfuscated) that there are places off the OWE tool routemap that still have published OWE fares.