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Feb 17, 2005 | 6:59 am

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Originally Posted by Jerry_Maguire

But that is an awfully long way to Hong Kong from Tampa, and I'm tempted to buy a new ticket to get me directly to NRT and join the RTW with the NRT - HKG segment, and cancel the LHR - NRT segment all together.

Could I have them CX just pull my exisiting NRT - HKG coupon and have the skipped LHR - NRT coupon reissued to somewhere else when and if I next need to have the ticket reissued? Or are CX likely to insist on an immediate reissue ($75 and lots of waiting)?

Interesting question. I would have thought it was not allowed to do an intercontinental surface segment (which is what you'd have if you cancel LHR-NRT). Looking at the star file, there's this:

Code:

  10N . 1. TRAVEL MUST BE VIA THE ATLANTIC AND PACIFIC           
 11N .    OCEANS. ONLY 1 CROSSING OF EACH OCEAN IS              
 12N .    PERMITTED. TRANSOCEANIC SURFACE IS NOT                
 13N .    PERMITTED.                                            
 14N .                                                          
 15N . 2. TRAVEL MUST BE IN A CONTINUOUS FORWARD                
 16N .    DIRECTION BETWEEN AREA 1-AREA-2-AREA 3.              
 17N .    BACKTRACK WITHIN A CONTINENT IS PERMITTED            
 18N .    EXCEPT AS FOLLOWS:                                    
 19N .    -BACKTRACK BETWEEN HAWAII AND THE CONTINENTAL U.      
 20N .    S./PR/VI/CANADA NOT PERMITTED.                        
 21N .                                                          
 22N . 3. 1 INTERCONTINENTAL DEPARTURE AND 1                    
 23N . .  INTERCONTINENTAL ARRIVAL PERMITTED IN EACH            
 24N .    CONTINENT EXCEPT AS FOLLOWS:

So it seems that as long as you keep the transoceanic segments, you should be able to do this. Has anyone tried this before?

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