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.
Originally Posted by
Kiwi Flyer
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.
I have also had a second visit to Asia as a transit between Nth America and SWP (it was YVR-xHKG-PER) - purchased from AA
And just last July I purchased, again from AA, a ticket with a second visit to Asia - this time it is PER-xHGK-DFW
So it does seem that CX is misinterpreting the rule (which IIRC was a fairly common occurrence prior to the on-line booking tool becoming available)
I suggest the OP go back to CX pointing out that other airlines (specifically AA) AND the on-line tool interpret the rule to be:
Two permitted in Asia when
- one is a transfer without stopover or
- on direct single plane service between the Southwest Pacific and Europe/Middle East.
With the first dot point having nothing to do with SWP-Europe/Middle East
(the on-line tool allows both Nth America-xAsia-SWP and Africa-xAsia-SWP)