Originally Posted by chico
I recently tried to book something very similar to this, IIRC flying in to SYD on AC and then connecting onto UA to MEL. The UA agents told me however that this was not possible, I could only board the intra-australian segment to MEL if I had been on the transpacific with UA. I.e only "local" carriers can carry out local flights unless the local segment is a continuation of an international flight. This was on a *A RTW booked out of MEL.
Just a word of warning to check the rules around this.
chico
Yes, I think you are correct. The Star RTW software will give you the option but you cant book it. I changed my plans to fly straight into MEL for this reason after looking on itn. Cheers
