Originally Posted by
percysmith
AM agents put a stop to that. They're claiming origin and stopover and final destination have to be same country
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/cath...l#post29802880
Even if England post-Brexit becomes the 52nd state of the United States, Hong Kong will always be part of China! (at least we have to parrot that)
Had the bottom half of your quoted image explained that "same country" rule only applies to half of the one-way case that if origin and destination is same country then stopover must be same country too? If indeed England becomes 52nd state then it will become round trip like how LHR-HKG-MAN is now considered round trip. (but you can still argue why if PVG-HKG-PEK isn't same country one way if you wish)
I have use quote tags too much recently, see
terms under Flight Awards Redemption – General Conditions > 4-5.
May I ask a dumb thing: does married segment issue exists for stopover pairs?