Originally Posted by
jsmbythebay
Well that clarifies "flights" and other issues.
And changes things quite a bit.
Sill not clear on whether overland sectors count as a continental "flight" or not.
I'd obviously have to change things quite a bit.
How about
SFO
xMIA (1)
UIO (2)
EXE (3/1)
GRU (4/2)
surface to
GIG (5/3?)
BCN (6)
TLV (7/1)
surface
BCN (8/2?)
xLHR (9/3)
BUD (10/4)
BKK (11/1)
HGK(11/2)
DEL (12/3)
xSIN (13/4)
PER (14/1)
SYD (15/2)
AKL (16/3)
xLAX (17)
SFO (18)
Surface segments count against the 20 but not against the in-continent max.
DEL-SIN is on Jet Airways and is not eligible. However you can go BKK-HKG-DEL-HKG-SIN-PER and still be okay in Asia.
That would make your itinerary SFO-MIA-UIO-EZE-GRU-GIG-BCN-TLV-BCN-LHR-BUD-BKK-HKG-DEL-HKG-SIN-PER-SYD-AKL-LAX-SFO which is kosher, 20 segments. You should also use the Mileage Monkey -
http://slfft.allhyper.com/0.95/award.htm - to double check, although MM doesn't seem to know there's a direct GIG-BCN flight no. on IB some days (stops in MAD but doesn't change nos.)