Originally Posted by
Ajohn
...Edit: Or maybe an overland segment could come into play here? Depending on the cost (and I haven't looked into it) maybe an EBB-JNB separate flight could get me back on track, as then I could take IB through MAD and then on to CAI. Or simply EBB-CAI on EgyptAir?
Then you run into another rule, the one that says that a second entry/exit in Europe is allowed only if one of them is a transit without stopover between EBB (other places as well but EBB is the one that counts in your case) and another continent.