Originally Posted by
anabolism
I know the rules prohibit it, but couldn't a three-continent ex-Africa be Africa-Europe-Asia, such as JNB-LHR-HKG-JNB? All direct flights, no extra continent "touching."
There is a ticket for that - it's a 3-continent Circle Trip Explorer (xONEWCn - where x = L, D or A and n= 3 or 4; the fourth continent is South West Pacific)
These tickets have very similar rules and very similar prices to the Oneworld Explorer tickets