Originally Posted by watery

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?