Originally Posted by christep
Well yes, but this trip looks somewhat over the 20 segment limit to me...
From my count of it there looks to be exactly 20 segments required for the flights listed (counting BKK-PEK as 2 segments, PEK-KIX as 2 segments and MEL-JFK as 2 segments).
Something that will be an issue though is this rule:
J)WITHIN AUSTRALIA - ONLY O N E NONSTOP/SINGLE
PLANE SERVICE IS PERMITTED BETWEEN THE FOLLOWING
POINTS:
BNE/CNS/SYD-PER;
MEL/SYD-DRW.
So you can fly from MEL-DRW, but can't come directly back unfortunately (though no exclusions have been added for BME......yet).
There has also been some debate in the past about the exact wording with the transit rule on Asia:
2)TWO PERMITTED IN ASIA WHEN ONE IS A TRANSFER
WITHOUT STOPOVER OR ON DIRECT SINGLE PLANE
SERVICES BETWEEN THE SOUTH WEST PACIFIC AND
EUROPE;
I haven't tried personally, but the consensus seemed to be that the transfer without stopover could only be used between SWP and EUR - but I'd say give it a try anyway for MEL-HKG-JFK - the rule is written in such a way that you could argue it, but you might have to settle for going MEL-LAX or MEL-HNL instead (but be sure to let us know if they allow MEL-HKG-JFK
).
Looks like you've done some great planning for the trip overall though, you're really maximising the miles and SC's, that's for sure!
