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Old Feb 28, 2026 | 1:15 am
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Originally Posted by Fritz
I am agnostic on the method of arrival and departure. But the helicopter to Monaco is fun (albeit pricey now as you have to rent the whole bird).

But I am of the view that a country / state / overseas territory et cetera only “counts” if you stay overnight.

Opinions, I am sure, may vary :-)
I used to compare notes with a friend on a points basis, 1 point if you went through the airport in transit, 3 points if you went through immigration to land-side for a at least few hours, 5 points if you stayed overnight. This was many, many years ago and IIRC we were both well over 400 points before we sort of lost interest in counting.
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