Originally Posted by
pbd456
I think the rule is about Europe. you are doing Europe - US - Asia - Europe - Africa - Europe.
Normally, you can only enter and exit a continent once, but it is an exception that have been discussed, and the fare rule is quite clear (if I remember after the Dec 16 update) about this situation.
I called AA RTW desk to check on the HKG-LHR-DOH-JNB-DOH routing and the agent said it is not allowed due to "backtracking through the point of origin". She was fine with HKG-DOH-JNB-DOH though..