Originally Posted by
eamus
Q: Can I backtrack?
A: You can backtrack within countries and continents, but you cannot re-enter a continent after leaving it, except: (a) a transit without stopover in Asia on a flight between Europe and SWP or vice versa, (b) a transit without stopover in North America on a flight between South America and SWP, Asia or Europe or vice versa, (c) a transit without stopover in Europe on a flight between Europe and
GHANA/NIGERIA/KENYA/UGANDA/TANZANIA or vice versa. Any of these transit without stopover benefits can be taken in either direction (eg. Europe-SWP or SWP-Europe) and either before or after you wish to enter the continent for the second time to use your stopovers there. You can only leave and re-enter the continent of origin once, except for North America where you may have an additional transit without stopover.
Is there any way to prove this to the TA or airline? I have tried to have teh following itinerary booked 4 times now (yes I know I should book this through AA but its a little complicated as it is a business trip - boss is happy for me to take whatever routing I want but need to charge to my Corp Amex or his Corp Diners - he is in US I am in SYD).
The routing was:
syd-hkg-fra-hel-lhr(stop)-dxb-lhr(stop),lgw-bgi-jfk(stop)-dfw-lax-jfk-nrt-hkg-syd(stop)-per-adl-syd
Local TA head's exploded when tryin to book - both LHR-DXB-LHR and SYD-PER-ADL-SYD were going to be ticketed separately
QF refused to book and said last time I did syd-xxx-xxx-xxx-syd-bne-syd that had been an illegal itinerary and I was "just trying to get cheap flights in Oz"
CX (now being booked through TA in New York) wont allow the SYD-PER-ADL-SYD.
I have given our TA a copy of the rules - but I want to be able to prove to our local TA its valid and QF.
Any ideas (other than just booking through AA which I will probably do next time...)