Originally Posted by
Gardyloo
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.
Sounds like CX is also of the old opinion. Mind you, I'm personally cool with it.
On xONEx I've flown via Asia between SWP and North America, with separate Asia entry between Europe and SWP, many times over the years. Most recently was over a year ago, so it may have changed since I last did it.