Originally Posted by
Calchas
The sixteen sector limit is a technical restriction imposed by IATA. An e-ticket cannot hold more than sixteen sectors, including surface sectors. (Well actually, each e-ticket can only hold four sectors, but you can join up to four tickets together to form a booklet of conjunction tickets.)
If you want more sectors, you will have to book them separately.
(Some airlines did used to violate this provision by creating larger ticket booklets of more than four tickets, but the tickets they produced were non-standard and caused difficulties for other airlines, so IATA has become quite strict about the 16 segment ceiling now.)
Sorry - I didn't make it clear - I meant that if I wanted more than the 4 per continent limit whilst still staying within the overall 16 limit, was there anything that I could do? Sorry I didn't make that clear first time.
Additionally - I'm getting an error:
One of the visits to Europe must be a transfer without stopover (less than 24 hours) between Africa and the previous/next continent. Additionally, travel may not include Mauritius/South Africa.
My trip starts JNB->MLE (via LON, DOH) and finishes JFK->JNB (via LON) and at no other time touches Europe - both of these stopovers are less than 24 hours. Is the rtw planner wrong? Or am I misunderstanding the rules (which I think allow you 2 visits to Europe, and 1 that lasts more than 24 hours- currently I have no visits lasting > 24 hours but 2 visits to Europe.)
Thanks in advance!
Paul