Originally Posted by
Gardyloo
The ticket starts with MRU-JNB//CPT-JNB-SYD.... and ends with MAD-xJNB-WDH-JNB and they thought the pass through JNB on the way to Namibia constituted a stopover, thus a third stop in continent of origin. I showed them that it was just a (barely legal) connection, but I have yet to hear back. If they still won't budge, I'll have them issue the ticket w/o the WDH legs and then have it reissued (by AA) later.
I'm surprised that they have had a problem with this. They did have some problems with the rules last summer when they were first getting a number of inquiries but I thought by now they would have it down. Rather than settle for a re-issue why not push them to contact the main BA RTW desk and get the correct interpretation.
Alternatively, rather than using up two segments for JNB-WDH-JNB you can buy them separately for about $400 economy or $700 business. The flight is under 2 hours and you would have a choice of SA or SW (Air Namibia) which might provide more convenient flight times-- the latter, for example, is in the early morning each way, instead of Comair's afternoon flights. About 18 months ago, I flew SW on CPT-WDH-CPT (economy) and it was very reasonable.