Originally Posted by Gardyloo
But I was trying to figure out somewhere to get to white sand and palm trees on this trip (besides Egypt and Israel where it will be a tad hot in August - that might be the ticket.)
Well, you are planning to go through BNE, which is pretty close to some of best beaches in the world. Plenty of white sand. Not too many palm trees. Look to spend some time at either the Sunshine Coast (about 1 hour drive north from Brisbane) or the Gold Coast (about 1 hour south from Brisbane). The Gold Coast is more developed/touristy, while the Sunshine Coast is where the locals head because the beaches are just as good and there are less foreign/inter-state tourists
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On segment count, I was under the impression that the intercontinental flights arriving and leaving did not count against the in-continent segment max (I posted another thread on this yesterday.) You said I have 7 North America legs, I thought 6. Obviously I am wrong on this point, so which one of the in- or out- legs counts against the total?
The inter-continental segments don't count. And you have YVR-JFK-DFW-SEA-ORD-SEA-DFW, which I make 6 so that is ok.