Originally Posted by
andreiz
Thinking of doing an ex-OSL (seems to be the cheapest in Europe) DONE4 for my third RTW, but this time including Australia. Is PER-LHR doable these days without counting Asia? I was considering EU-NA-SA-AU for the continents.
No. I explicitly asked this question, on several calls to make sure. The rule just says any single flight number from Australia to Europe must count Asia. It doesn't matter whether the flight actually stops in Asia or not.