Originally Posted by
pandaperth
Well, for what it's worth, I disagree with Gardyloo
My reading of the rule is that the phrase "travel to/from Europe in both directions" is concerning how you are getting from/to the continent of Africa via the continent of Europe-Middle East
And in your proposed itinerary at the beginning you get from Africa to Middle East (MPM-DOH) and at the end you get back to Africa from Europe (LHR-JNB)
I read the route as being MPM - xDOH
- LHR – South America (x2) – US(x4) – AKL – MEL – NRT - HKG - DEL -
LHR - JNB, i.e. with a stopover at LHR between DOH and South America. That's routing via Europe both ways in my book.