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Mar 16, 2008 | 3:55 pm

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Originally Posted by Zeffer

3. As long as the itinerary starts in the country of purchase, I assume there’s no problem having surface sectors in the continent of origin? After starting in South Africa, I wanna get to the US using as few continents/sectors as possible. As there are no direct flights, it seems the only way to do this without "wasting" a continent is to fly from somewhere in South Africa to JNB to kick the fare off, then make my own way to DAR/EBB/NBO and use the 2-transit-in-europe rule to fly from there to the US via LHR. Kosher? And if so, does a surface sector count as "one stopover" or "two"?

This is not a very efficient way of doing things, but certainly possible. Better would be to start your trip and go to Asia and then do Europe on the return. Or go do LHR from JNB and do Europe as when you start.
Also, if you are on e AONE5 check which F product (if any) is being used on routes from Northern Africa. You will really be able to enjoy the F service from JNB to LHR and not on short routes.

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