Originally Posted by
pbd456
i dont quite understand the rule of starting in africa, and connect in europe/middle east in one direction.
suppose i do jnb lhr hkg (as transfer to asia), and end with doh jnb, the third rule says i cant fly between doh and europe when i am in europe, right?
Yes - you have understood the rule correctly (though it only applies if you connect in Europe/Middle East in
both directions)
The rule you are referring to is (in part):
For travel originating in Africa:
One of the following backtracks is permitted
3.2.1 Africa-Europe-RTW-Europe-Africa
One of the visits to Europe must be a transfer without stopover between Africa and the previous/next continent.
Travel may not include Mauritius/South Africa
3.2.2 Africa-Middle East-RTW-Middle East-Africa
One of the visits to Middle East must be a transfer without stopover between Africa and the previous/next continent.
3.2.3 Africa-Europe-RTW-Middle East-Africa or Africa-Middle East-RTW-Europe-Africa
Travel may not include any flown or surface sector between Europe and Middle East
In your example (starting with JNB-LHR-HKG and ending with DOH-NBO):
- outbound you can stopover in places in the Europe zone of the continent (for example LHR-MAD-ATH-LHR)
- inbound you can stopover in places in the Middle East zone (For example DOH-CAI-AMM-DOH)
- but, as you have said already, you cannot fly between the two zones (for example LHR-DOH); in fact you cannot even have a surface segment between the two zones
For further information - these changes were discussed starting at post #81 in this thread
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/onewo...ule-sheet.html when the changes were made, back in November 2013