Originally Posted by
indole
My question is: For those cases where that exception is published, does one still have to include the final destination back to origin surface segment in their 20 allowable segments?
No.
Originally Posted by
indole
The OWE online validator requires that a final segment (either flight or surface) back to origin be entered to complete any routing through that program, but I'm uncertain if this is just a quirk of the validator or represents an actual hard and fast rule that the final surface segment must be included in the total segment count.
"Quirks" is the OW tool's middle name. Don't put too much trust in it.