Apologies as I should know the answer to this question, but as it affects my own travel it is often hard to be as objective as I would like!

I'm about to book a reward flight with LX from London to Istanbul.

The routing I would like to take is:

LHR/WAW/BUD/ZRH/IST/ZRH/LHR (using LO and LX)

Stopover would be in Budapest only, with stay of 24 hours or so.

I have a feeling that I probably can't do this routing as it might get caught under the 'side-trip' rules, where the ZRH/IST/ZRH would need a second ticket.

If it is caught under the side-trip rules, is ANY other combination possible other than 'direct' LX services from London to IST via Zurich?


Thanks in advance

WG