Originally Posted by Viajero
Not quite, the rule says you cannot reenter your country of origin, not your continent and, yes, there's also a separate rule about not reentering continents, but that rule has exceptions and Asia is one of them. So, in short, I'm not that clear that what the OP wants is against the rules.
Viajero,
:-:'s for you. I have gone back to xONEx School and you are correct! ^
Countries/Continents/Intercontinentals/Transcontinentals.. it all now seems to make sense.
Basically, you can have 2 Intercontinental arrivals to Asia and 2 intercontinental departures from Asia when one of each combine to form a transfer between SWP and Europe. Except that you cannot transfer through your country of origin.
To test this I put this routing through the
oneWORLD Validator:
bkk-syd-sin-lhr-jfk-nrt-hkg-bkk.
1: BKK-SYD: intercontinental From Asia #1, to SWP
2: SYD-SIN: intercontinental From SWP, To Asia #1 (Transfer w/o Stopover part 1)
3: SIN-LHR: intercontinental From Asia #2, To Europe (Transfer w/o Stopover part 2)
4: LHR-JFK: intercontinental From Europe, to NA
5: JFK-NRT: intercontinental From NA, To Asia #2
6: NRT-HKG: 1st of 4 (Asia)
7: HKG-BKK: 2nd of 4 (Asia)
Congratulations!! Valid itinerary!!! - (28447 miles)
(My Edits in Red)