A 23:59 connection is fine.

So what your saying is I could go through Turkey, with TK across the atlantic.

Uhhhh....might I suggest for a definitive answer to the legitimacy of any of your routing ideas, it would be quicker and simpler to pick up the phone and attempt a booking?

And you seriously think that the ICC is going to allow you to detour to the tune of ~3600 miles with this routing?

Direct LIS-JFK for example is 3366 miles. Your suggestion of detouring via IST will add another 3600 miles, so more than double. That's one serious backtrack.

Bit of a cheeky question here:

If one is flying to an airport in [very] Eastern Russia, *A only offers connection via China and/or Korea.

Would that still be classed as Z1-Z2 even that it goes via Z8?

And I suppose the connection fee of 7500 miles per connection would still apply, even though connections themselves are not in Z1 or Z2?

Thank you!

Yes, it's been done before as a Z1-Z2, but this is one of the routes where DC started clamping down on people abusing the system as a cheap way to get to Z8.

So....

Be very prepared for them to say no.

No connection fee applies

Be prepared to prove that you intend to complete the journey

Be prepared to book it as a return is they disallow the one way

And if you don't complete the journey, be prepared for them to come after you for the difference in miles and cash.

Thank you for the very quick reply.
I wasn't looking for a cheap way to Z8, although I see some flights offer connections of 19-22hrs, which would be nice for a quick look around :)

I might see it just as a challenge to get it booked :) and try some long haul C for a intra-Europe miles...

Thanks once again.

So what you are saying is that I can connect through most of Europe to the USA-MCO or direct to Canada-MCO: however because of the distance, Turkey is out of the question. US is a little less demanding on the rules, BMI is a new experience.

Turkey would be backtracking according to the *A website.

is there a limit to # connections, as long as under 24 hours, and heading in the same direction... I did a search, but didn't find anything (again, I'm new to Star redeeming so sorry in advance if I missed a thread) ;)

I was looking at USM-BKK (20 hour connection)-HKG (20 hour connection)-NRT(22 hours)-ICN (stopover)-LAX (22 hours)-JFK

USM-BKK-HKG-NRT-ICN (Stop Over) - LAX-JFK

as a valid z7-z3, ANA gives me these options, I could connect for under a day in 3 or 4 cities while flying back to Z3...

thanks in advance!

I did CDG-ICN-KHV twice already.

It was never a Z1/Z2 award.

It was two awards for me each time, though.

didn't know ICC ever allowed this before as Z1/Z2.

I was ripped off then.:mad:

Thanks in advance for any help.

Is SEA - LAX (UA) - LHR (NZ) - DUB (bmi) and identical return in C valid?

That was a long, long time ago - and it was stopped, because people were booking one-ways and failing to make their connections and getting 'stuck' in ICN - that same for SIN to UUM etc.

In situations like that, I wonder if bmi would be willing to take the miles, cash and tax for a z1-z8 redemption and then refund you if you prove that you had taken the ICN-KHV and KHV-ICN sectors.

Alternatively, they could split Russia up but that would make sense and so has probably been vetoed at board level.

(PS: Where is UUM?)

Yes. I flew DUB-LHR-LAX-YVR earlier this year in C, with BMI-NZ-UA.