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Old Apr 6, 2015 | 11:06 am
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Originally Posted by OWEmerald
It's not that rule that I'm trying to clarify. The issue is the backtracks that are allowed in rules 3.2.2 and 3.2.3, namely that Europe/middle east can be visited twice on a xONEx. Does the second stop/transit increase the total continent count by 1?
No, the continent count is being raised by one because you're overflying Asia in the process of going between Oz and the Middle East/Europe, not because you're entering Europe twice.
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