Originally Posted by
pandaperth
The rule was changed slightly some time ago (while AA was flying to Fairbanks in addition to Anchorage), to be:
A couple of points here:
- On FlyerTalk "o" generally means Stopover (=more than 24hrs between flights) and "x" means Transit (24hrs or less between flights); the word layover is not used
- Your suggested itinerary has a couple problems, to do with the re-visits to Tokyo:
- Rule 4(d) Travel may not be via the point of origin.
- Rule 4(f) Only one international departure and one international arrival from/to the country of origin permitted.
Ah thanks, I was using the pdf from the website which must be slightly out of date, are you using rules from Expert Flyer instead, or something else?
And good point about the origin, I was used to planning ex OSL which allows the travel from Tokyo. That being said, the OP only needs 40k miles in total, so dropping SIN from the itinerary would still be fine and hopefully solve the issue of 4d and 4f!
I'm surprised that layover isn't used as a term, as that's what the GDS's use for <24 hours for between international flights I thought?