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Sep 12, 2015, 2:48 pm

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pandaperth

Join Date: Mar 2008

Location: used to be PER, now it's nowhere/eveywhere

Programs: QFF NB, AA GLD

Posts: 3,467

Quote:

Originally Posted by Calchas

The relevant rules are

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            - FOR TRAVEL ORIGINATING IN AFRICA -
            ONE OF THE FOLLOWING BACKTRACKS PERMITTED
            3.2.1 (doesn't apply since ZA is included)
            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 OR NEXT CONTINENT.
            3.3.3 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

Yes I know that
My itinerary (both the original and the new one I want) satisfy 3.2.2
BA (or at least the last supervisor I spoke to) is saying that because the text I highlighted does not explicitly say the word 'Europe' then flights to/from the Europe Zone of the continent are not allowed
I'm saying the rule is only discussing the restrictions on the to/from Africa flights and do not restrict the intra-continent flights (the continent of Europe/Middle East that is)
By comparison, 3.2.3 DOES restrict the intra-continent flights - but my itinerary does not fall under that rule

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