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Old Aug 16, 2019, 7:08 pm
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CaliforniaSteve
 
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Originally Posted by hieunha
I'm new to this point and miles thing. I'm trying to book a one-way route back from Maldives to San Francisco, with a stopover in Ho Chi Minh. Does anyone know if this is considered a backtracking route? I'm having a difficult time determining which route is acceptable and which route isn't. Thank you for any info you can give me!
Since SQ doesn't fly Ho Chi Minh to Hong Kong, where you would connect with SQ2, you would have to fly Maldives-Ho Ch Minh- Singapore-SFO. I think that would be backtracking as you'd be flying east from Maldives to Ho Chi Minh, then west back to Singapore, then east again to SFO.
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