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Oct 27, 2007 | 10:59 am

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Darren

Join Date: Sep 2000

Location: Circle City

Posts: 3,568

jgold, you need to read the rules in their entirety, not pick and choose certain words. The phrase you quoted actually states:

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 78N . 4. TRAVEL MUST BEGIN AND END THE THE SAME POINT          
 79N .    EXCEPT ORIGIN-DESTINATION SURFACE PERMITTED AS        
 80N .    FOLLOWS:                                              
 81N .       * WITHIN COUNTRY OF ORIGIN
 82N .       * BETWEEN U.S.A-CANADA
 83N .       * WITHIN AFRICA
 84N .       * WITHIN THE MIDDLE EAST
 85N .       * BETWEEN HKG-CHINA
 86N .       * BETWEEN BANGLADESH-BKK/SIN
 87N .       * WITHIN SOUTH AMERICA
 88N .       * BETWEEN MALAYSIA-SIN

In other words, you must end the trip wherever you started it, unless it meets one of the above exceptions.

You can generally do an open jaw (surface segment) wherever you want except for across the oceans. Yes, the segments count against the 20, but, no, they don't count against the continent segment allocation.

Additionally, all flights must be on Oneworld metal. While I have no idea who Lan codeshares with out of Dakar, I can confidently say that it is in fact a codeshare and not with another oneworld carrier.

You absolutely cannot, under any circumstances, do a DONE3 out of Australia.

Last edited by Darren; Oct 27, 2007 at 11:10 am

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