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Oct 22, 2016 | 8:20 am

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Gardyloo

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Quote:

Originally Posted by pandaperth

I'm not sure what point gardyloo is making with regard to transiting Asia twice..

I'm still hampered by the old (pre-online booking) interpretation of the Asia transit rule, i.e. it was only allowed when going from Europe to SWP or vice versa, not SWP to North America or v.v. The original idea was that it was allowed since there was no nonstop Europe - SWP service, while there obviously is between SWP and North America.

Quote:

Originally Posted by wingzing

I had a similar itinerary. CX would not allow the last transit through HKG. AA permitted it. I did some dummy bookings and the online tool was OK with it.

Sounds like CX is also of the old opinion. Mind you, I'm personally cool with it.

Quote:

Originally Posted by qsh

http://www.gcmap.com/map?P=c:%23abcd...%23ee82ee&PW=2

hkg-bkk-cmb-nrt-cmb-pvg-syd-dxb-lon-cpt-doh-lax-mbj-lax-gru-asu-bog-asu-gru-jfk-yvr-hkg
80230mi

(though only 78,941 mi if direct flights are calculated based on direct distance...)

Too many Asia segments, plus (and again this may be old interpretation) the second North America transit (GRU-xJFK-xYVR-HKG) can't have more than one connection point. GRU-xJFK-HKG would be okay if the JFK connection is less than 24h. Does LAX-MBJ-LAX even exist?

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