Originally Posted by NoWindowSeat
is this allowed:
Europe-NYC-GIG-NYC-LAX-SYD-etc
so is it allowed to come back to a continent you have already been or is it considered as back tracking?
You can only do that without a stopover in the continent you're going back to on your way to another continent. So if you take the JFK-(LAX)-SYD QF flight, you should be OK, but you can't stay in LAX, nor can you travel to other places in North America.
Quoth the star file:
26N . 3. 1 INTERCONTINENTAL DEPARTURE AND 1
27N . . INTERCONTINENTAL ARRIVAL PERMITTED IN EACH
28N . CONTINENT EXCEPT AS FOLLOWS:
29N .
30N EXCEPTIONS:
31N .
32N .
33N . A. 2 PERMITTED IN NORTH AMERICA. 1 MUST BE A
34N . TRANSIT WITHOUT STOPOVER BETWEEN SOUTH
35N . AMERICA AND ANOTHER CONTINENT.