Originally Posted by Al B
It's not changed - but I think they have their 2 internationals and start point rules confused. Your itinerary listed above is not legal.
You are permitted 2 International departures and 2 International arrivals per RTW itinerary that starts in Thailand, as it always has been. However, you cannot transit your starting point at any time for any itinerary, as it has always been. If BKK is your start point you cannot go to or through BKK again on the itinerary as an en-route point - doing so means your journey has ended.
I know you know your stuff on these Al, but I'm not sure that's right. It may be different for a stopover in BKK, which is what I want to do, but it didn't stop you doing a transfer. For a start I did an ex-BKK CRTWSTAR last year and I went back in and out of BKK on it !!!.
I am looking at the last copy of the rules I got and it says:
TRANSFERS
UNLIMITED TRANSFERS PERMITTED.
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NO MORE THAN THREE TRANSFERS PERMITTED AT ANY ONE CITY.
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IN THE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN NOT MORE THAN TWO DOMESTIC TRANSFERS PER DIRECTION PERMITTED AND NOT MORE THAN ONE INTERNATIONAL ARRIVAL PERMITTED.
EXCEPTION -
WHEN TRAVEL ORIGINATES IN USA/CANADA/THAILAND
NOT MORE THAN THREE DOMESTIC TRANSFERS PER DIRECTION PERMITTED IN THE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN.
NOT MORE THAN TWO INTERNATIONAL DEPARTURES AND NOT MORE THAN TWO INTERNATIONAL ARRIVALS PERMITTED IN THE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN.
That's my bolding obviously and it says nothing about not being able to transit to your starting point.
The reason I posted originally is I am buying from the same people I got the ticket last year where I went back through BKK, and their exact words were 'I need to check if you travel from BKK you can return to BKK. I know there was an exception for Thailand in the past for passengers travelling from Thailand,
but the rule has changed'.
Will let you know what they say.