Originally Posted by
danger
Originally Posted by
QF009
1. It simply means you cannot spend more than 24 hours in the city where you're doing your "transit without stopover." Transit = less than 24 hours, 24 hours or more is a stopover.
Thanks QF009. Your choice of words ("you're doing your") suggests to me that there is some reference to this stopover/transit difference in the rules.
Is this correct? If so, what are the implications?
In this thread's context the OP is only allowed 2 stopovers in SWP, the continent of origin. Apart from the 2 stopovers allowed, any other 'stops' must be transits ie below 24 hours.
Elsewhere in the fare rules you are also allowed 2 entries/exits to certain continents so long as one of the entries/exits is a "transit without stopover" within your journey between 2 other continents. For instance you are allowed to enter and exit Asia twice so long as one of the 2 entries/exits is a "transit without stopover" (say 2 hours in HKG) or one of those single plane QF/BA services between SWP and Europe. This allowance also applies to North America ("transit without stopover" to/from South America) and Europe ("transit without stopover" to/from certain African cities as listed in the rules). This allows more routing options than there would be otherwise due to network limitations.