Originally Posted by santana
I plan on starting my LONE4 trip in MEL (I'll post the complete itinerary later), and have 16 segments going around the world. My final 4 segments are all in Australia -
SYD-DRW
DRW-ADL
ADL-PER
PER-MEL
My question is - are these segments valid? Here's the rule covering the Australian segments -
J)WITHIN AUSTRALIA - ONLY O N E NONSTOP/SINGLE
PLANE SERVICE IS PERMITTED BETWEEN THE FOLLOWING
POINTS:
BNE/CNS/SYD-PER;
MEL/SYD-DRW.
EXCEPTION: NO RESTRICTION BETWEEN SYD-PER FOR
PASSENGERS ORIGINATIING IN PER WHEN IN
CONJUNCTION
WITH TRAVEL TO/FROM AFRICA.
My interpretation of the rules is that my segments are valid, however, the consultant at travel.com.au doesn't think so. She thinks that from Perth, I can only go to BNE, CRN or SYD!
The consultant at travel.com.au is wrong unfortunately - the limitation referred to in the rules is to stop you doing (for instance) SYD-PER-BNE - but it would be perfectly fine to do SYD-PER-MEL - any long distance segments that aren't explicitly mentioned as being limited in the above rule is permitted (within the bounds of segment limitations etc).