Originally Posted by
pandaperth
2. Perhaps the agent is misinterpreting the rule. Here I disagree with @R2 in the previous post. The rules break the continent of Europe/Middle East into two zones and if your flights to/from Africa are both from the Europe Zone then South Africa and/or Mauritius cannot be included in the itinerary. Since you are flying from DOH to Sth Africa then, in my opinion, one of the flights is from the Middle East Zone so you can include Sth Africa. The AAgent (and R2) is saying that the ‘travel’ is actually from Europe (presumably because you are merely transiting DOH). This can be easily tested – simply change the transit of DOH into a stopover there (you have a stopover there later in the itinerary so simply switch that around).
pandaperth, as always you have a valid point. This is another example where the fare rules document is ambiguous.
Padkir, do let us know what the outcome is if you test this as suggested by pandaperth.
Originally Posted by
Padkir
if I did your 2nd suggestion and flew from JNB-DOH-HKG on the way up, can I have a stopover in DOH, or does it have to be transit only?
I don't think it makes a difference whether DOH is a stopover or a transit but remember you only have two stopovers allowed in your continent of origin.