Originally Posted by
DeathSlam
This isn't a RTW itinerary it's a 'there and back again' to NAN.
There have been reports here that the guidance for Multi-Carrier rewards have changed and no longer allow RTW itineraries and require you to be booking a 'there and back' itinerary on a reasonable route. The intent seemingly being that multi-carrier is there for your convenience when a single OW carrier and BA together are unable to service your return journey, and not that you can book any 16 segment routing you like and can find availability for.
LHR-DUB-DOH-MEL-NAN has a bit of a dogleg in it. Presumably there is a reason why you wanted it? LHR-DOH-MEL-NAN would be more direct and should be ok.
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NAN-HKG-TFU-DOH-LHR is not direct, but it is a more linear route. You can fly direct from HKG to LHR though so it isn't a viable direct return routing from NAN. NAN-HKG-LHR should be OK.
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LHR-DOH-MEL-NAN-HKG-LHR looks a lot less adventurous but a lot more reasonable. So it would depend on why you wanted DUB and TFU.
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Thanks very much for the reply.
The reason for LHR-DUB is to aviod UK's passenger duty.
The reason for HKG-TFU is that I am staying there for two months. In another word, China (TFU) is the destination, Fiji (NAN) is just a short holiday.
From your reply, I have a new understanding of its rules now. In my (old) opinion, RTW ticket can be issued as long as you want to fly to 8 (NOT 16) different destinations and the route is reasonable. Eg. Europe-Asia-America-Europe but NOT Europe-Asia-Europe-America-Europe
Now it seems that I have to choose only one and the furthest place as 'there and back' and I have to explain the reason for each stopover. However the stopovers are where I would like to visited during the journey. I am very confused now. I am thinking if BA only allows a single destination in each itinerary, given mine as an example LHR-DOH-MEL-NAN which is NAN, then the inbound journey via HKG should never be allowed no matter how one plans it as the most direct route to fly back is the original NAN-MEL-DOH-LHR. If it could be permitted, say NAN-HKG-LHR is allowed, then the outbound journey should not be allowed in the first place as the most direct route would be LHR-HKG-NAN. Does it make sense or I still did not get the point?
An additional information is that I have made two bookings successfully late 2022 and early this year, please see below. Do you think these two routes are legit according to its 'there and back' regulation? Looking forward to your reply. Thanks once again. Other thoughts and comments are welcome as well.
