<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Patron:
Wynand made the following booking LHR-WAW-BUD-ZRH-IST-ZRH (-?!) and was advised that transiting ZRH twice would make the IST section count as a side-trip.
You have a side trip ZRH-IST-ZRH (=2nd ticket), because ZRH appears on your homebound itinerary twice and not because you are transiting in ZRH twice! Your final destination is WAW (= point of return), which does not count as stopover. Subsequently you are travelling back to BUD and ZRH and forward to IST again.</font>
Patron
The itinerary is LHR-WAW-BUD (stopover)-ZRH-IST -LHR - this is ok.
The itinerary LHR-WAW-BUD (stopover)-ZRH-IST-ZRH (transit only)-LHR counts the ZRH-IST as the sidetrip.
The end destination in each itinerary is IST where I am staying for three days. BUD is the stopover of two days. All other points are transit only.
Cheers
WG