I'm planning my 2019 DONE5 and wanted to visit Colombo, Sri Lanka. Can I route via DOH for Asia to Australia if I also wanted to visit Europe later? I'm thinking not, due to rule (4)(e) "Only one intercontinental departure and one intercontinental arrival permitted in each continent".
So, an itinerary such as
nrt-kul-cmb (stop) cmb-doh-adl (stop) adl-per (stop) per-syd (stop) syd-dfw-san (stop) san-dfw-mia (stop) mia-lax-lhr (stop) lhr-doh-jnb (stop) jnb-hkg (stop) hkg-nrt
would be invalid, and I'd have to do
nrt-kul-cmb (stop) cmb-hkg-adl (stop) adl-per (stop) per-syd (stop) syd-dfw-san (stop) san-dfw-mia (stop) mia-lax-lhr (stop) lhr-doh-jnb (stop) jnb-hkg (stop) hkg-nrt
instead?
Going via DOH would be more miles and probably a nicer flight.
(BTW, I plan on buying MIA-GCM-MIA on my own, to conserve segments.)