Originally Posted by
link2
So you're essentially looking to do Europe-NA-Asia-SWP-Europe(DOH)-Africa-Europe.
There's no workaround required - SEZ counts as Africa, and as per rule 4(e) you are allowed "two [intercontinental departure and one intercontinental arrivals] in Europe/Middle East for travel to/from/via Africa".
Book via the AA RTW desk or a travel agent - chances are that the online tool just can't handle that exception properly. Using the website is usually a waste of time because of things like this.
Agreed. For the OP, I managed to book the following via the AA RTW desk:
OSL-DOH-SEZ-DOH-AKL-SYD-JFK-GRU-MIA-PHL-EYW-PHL-DFW-SFO-JFK-DOH-OSL. So there are two intercontinental Europe departures (DOH-SEZ and DOH-AKL) and two intercontinental Europe arrivals (SEZ-DOH and JFK-DOH). I'm basically doing something like you want, only in the opposite (easterly) direction, with the SEZ stopover near the beginning of the trip versus at the end.
My reading of rule 4(e)3 is that two IC departures
and two IC arrivals are allowed in Europe if one departure and one arrival are to and from Africa (SEZ), which is why my RTW is legal.
Originally Posted by Oneworld
(e) Only one intercontinental departure and one intercontinental arrival permitted in each continent
except as follows:
1. Two permitted in North America.
2. Two permitted in Asia.
3. Two permitted in Europe/Middle East for travel to/from/via Africa.
If travel is to/from Europe in both directions, itinerary may not include Mauritius/South Africa.
So if you want to do Europe-NA-Asia-SWP-Europe(DOH)-Africa-Europe, it would have Europe-NA as Europe IC departure #1, SWP-DOH as IC Europe arrival #1, DOH-SEZ as IC Europe departure #2, and SEZ-DOH as IC Europe arrival #2.
I'm guessing the OP tried to book this using the online tool which is unlikely to give good results for edge cases like this one.