Originally Posted by sc597
... if I were to fly Sydney to London, that would have to include Asia even if I only do the "get off plane and stretch legs" thing at wherever they refuel? And I guess the same applies if you were to transit from South America heading to Asia via the US, without a "stopover"?
Yes; it even applies if you don't get off the plane to stretch your legs (same plane service LHR-SYD); and most recently, even if the plane does not actually land on that continent (the AA ORD-DEL flight which is non-stop, but is deemed to include Europe even though it never lands in Europe). There is no way around the "must include a continent in the fare" rules on these tickets.