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Old Nov 6, 2005 | 3:47 pm
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Originally Posted by yellow77
Well - almost. You're only using 16 sectors, and you get 20. Plus, you're not using any sectors in Europe. Plan to take any trips within Europe during the same 12 month period? You can add them for free (well, for the additional taxes only). For example, you can alter your trip to (say) LHR-NRT-HKG-BKK;SIN-PER-ASP-CNS-SYD-WLG;AKL-SYD-HNL-SFO-LAX-LAS-ORD-YYZ-BOS;JFK-LHR-CAI-LHR-HEL-LHR and get free trips to Cairo and Helsinki out of it.

The only problem is that you only get two stopovers in Europe, so you would either have to do both these trips with less than 24 hours transit in LHR each time (-LHR(transit)-CAI(stop)-LHR(transit)-HEL(stop)-LHR). A maybe better alternative would be to find somewhere you want to go that might be expensive to get to otherwise and takes up to two flights to get to and do that (eg -LHR(stop)-HEL-IVL(stop)-HEL-LHR would be a good option if you want to go to northern Finland for some reason!)

This would not be valid due to the rule

(D) ONLY ONE INTERNATIONAL DEPARTURE AND ONE INTERNATIONAL ARRIVAL FROM/TOTHE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN PERMITTED

EXCEPTION: TWO PERMITTED FOR ORIGIN USA WHEN ONE ARRIVAL-DEPARTURE IS ATRANSFER WITHOUT STOPOVER.

NOTE - TRAVEL BETWEEN US AND CANADA IS NOT COUNTED AS
INTERNATIONAL

If really desired, a domestic UK could be included, but nothing such as a side trip to Cairo or Helsinki

There is no need just to take 20 sectors just for the sake of it imo

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