Originally Posted by
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Hi All,
I am going to be in Mauritius in December, following that I am visiting the family in South Africa. I thought I should look into starting a DONE4 in MRU but when I saw the base fare in USD being 50% more than in South Africa I thought NO WAY. However, it then struck me.
Can I buy my ticket in SA and start with a 'surface sector'. As in JNB-MRU (surface sector) and make my first flight BA MRU-JNB?
My routing would then be:
JNB-MRU(surface sector)-JNB-LHR-JFK-etc.
Can I do that?
No, because SA would be the country of origin and you can't depart the country of origin twice -
Originally Posted by OWE Rules
(f) Only one international departure and one international arrival from/to the country of origin permitted
https://www.oneworld.com/documents/1...9-d346ec820edf
One possible workaround would be to originate in Namibia, where prices are pretty similar to SA, for something like WDH-xJNB-MRU-JNB-LHR...