Originally Posted by
mjoeroy
Not sure I understand what you mean by DEL-DOH-Europe-DOH... I did not think I could back track.
Europe-Middle East comprise one continent for xONEx purposes. Your present plan ... DEL-DOH-GRU ... involves no flights in Europe. You are allowed four. 'Back-tracking' is not an issue within continents; you are just limited to one flight on any particular sector. If you could add a week in the middle of your trip, you might, for example, go from Doha to Oslo, spend a couple of days there; back to Doha for a day; then to London, for a day or two; back to Doha and finally continue on to Brazil. AAdvantage people here go on about their EQMs and EQDs but I haven't a clue
; in any event, such side-trips could net you over 12 000 additional butt-in-seat miles. And QR, in the air, in J, is pretty good.