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Old Jul 16, 2007 | 11:23 pm
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Originally Posted by wideman
It's easy to confuse the similar-sounding terms 'transit' and 'transfer.'

A 'transit' is leaving a city within 24 hours of having arrived there on a rtw. A stopover is leaving a city more than 24 hours after having arrived there on a rtw. Both a transit and a stopover are considered to be transfers.
Not quite. For example, if you fly SIN-hkg-SFO or AKL-lax-LHR, you will have a transit in the intermediate city. However, since you get back on the same airplane, operating under the same flight number, these are transits which are not transfers.

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