Originally Posted by
goliath
GVA - NBO (open jaw) CPT - PER:
What you call an "open jaw" is a "surface sector" between NBO and CPT which is not allowed. An "open jaw" is only allowed at the origin or destination of your award.
Also consider that there are no direct flights between GVA and NBO.
GVA - CPT (stopover) CPT - PER
SYD - AKL:
You would be missing a flight between PER and SYD. This route is not (feasibly) operated by *A, so you would have a "surface sector" again - which is not allowed.
Also consider that there are no direct flights between GVA and CPT.
AKL - SIN (stopover) - GVA:
That part is fine and you can have a stopover in SIN. Consider there are no direct flights between SIN and GVA.
The basic rules (there are more, but I won't get into all the details):
- You can touch more than 3 regions with a 3+-region award
- You can touch different regions on the outbound and on the inbound
- You can have a stopover on the outbound as well as the outbound (but not in the originating region, here: in Europe)
- You can have a maximum of 4 segments each on the outbound and on the inbound
With this in mind, you could do something like:
- GVA-ZRH-CPT(Stopover)-PER // AKL-SIN(Stopover)-ZRH-GVA as a 3+-region award
- and then buy PER-SYD-AKL separately
If you find availability on all sectors, that is!
Welcome to FT!
Thanks! So - I think I'd be best if I start in ZRH rather than GVA, and therefore will have more flexibility with the segments. Do they have a maximum number of stopovers I could do? Could I actually pull off doing a stopover between each segment? say... AKL-NAN(stopover)-SIN(stopover)-HND(stopover)-ZHR
I've been going crazy trying to find if the rules are written somewhere and I actually think I may be pushing the planning too far away from what I could actually do.