Originally Posted by
Cerenity
You're allowed 3 stops (destination/turn is really just the farthest of those 3 stops, nothing special about it)
The way I look at OJ is that it consumes 2 of the 3 stops, leaving only 1 more stop available.
I think its mentioned somewhere that IATA definition the OJ should also include the destination/turn, but some have reported getting away with having an OJ in the middle and not OJing the turn.
From the faq:
In addition to your final destination (in which you can stay for days/weeks/months), you are allowed:
•Two stopovers in other cities (stay for days/weeks/months). You are allowed to trade one of these stopovers for an open jaw (where you land in one city, but take the next flight out of another city)
I think what you're referring to is the part where you have the open jaw at the destination which consumes two:
Remember that if you use your open jaw at the turnaround/destination point, you will only have one stopover to use left. So you would be able to do NYC > Singapore (destination, open jaw) // Tokyo (stop) > NYC. This has one destination, one open jaw (at turnaround point), and one stopover. However, you would not be able to do this: NYC > Madrid (stop) > Singapore (destination, open jaw) // Tokyo (stop) > NYC. Because your 2 stops + 1 open jaw would be more than the two allowed.
Sounds like I can get 3? Destination + 2 stopovers or trade 1 stopover for the open jaw. In either case I'll report back when I call them tonight.