Originally Posted by efincomputer
on a RTW ticket, does the BA flight from MEL-LHR (via) SIN count as a single flight if you stay with the same flight number the whole way without a stop-over in SIN? i.e get the BA18. I know with this flight you would get 330 BA tier points as long as you dont take the stop-over (in which case you would get 2x 180 Tier points in F), so does it count as a single sector when calculating the 20 sector max, or is it still classed as 2 sectors?
Although it counts as a single sector it does not avoid having to pay for an extra continenet e.g. LHR-MEL-LAX-LHR is not three continents (Europe-Australia-US-Europe) but four (Europe-Asia-Australia-US-Europe).
From the Rules:-
(H) TRAVEL BETWEEN AUSTRALIA AND EUROPE ON A SINGLE FLIGHT NUMBER IS CONSIDERED TRAVELING SW PACIFIC-ASIA-EUROPE THROUGH THREE CONTINENTS.