Well, it's worth a shot. It's certainly shorter than option with the least stops (FRA-IAH-CUN is 6043mi, your route is 5757).

Cant see a problem with that route. In past Ive had LBA-BRU<24hrs-FRA-SFO s/o LAX-CUN.

Just for the FCT and of course the duck :D

I assume, NRT-xBKK-SIN-HKG would involve two o/w tickets (NRT-xBKK-SIN) and (SIN-HKG), wouldn't it? Even the ICC wouldn't issue this as a o/w ticket from zone 8 to zone 8 (zone 8 more expensive than zone 7)?

Any thoughts?

Would SYD-BKK-SIN-LAX be acceptable? (SYD-SIN direct not available on the day I need)

If SYD-AKL-LAX or SYD-SIN-LAX are full, let ICC know that the only route with available seats you found was SYD-BKK-SIN-AKL. If there are no stopovers involved and then I think you have very high chances of getting it accepted.

I'm going from zone 2 to zone 8; BMI's redemption page says "no stopovers in Europe" so I'm assumed it meant no stopovers anywhere in zone 2. However, I've seen people talk about departing from zone one, with a stop in IST, and continuing to their destination.

For example: CPH-IST-PEK with a stopover in IST would be ok?

So I guess Turkey counts as Asia here? What about Armenia? Any other countries in zone 2 that one can get a stopover in when departing from europe?

Thanks for the clarifications!

Connections in Europe are allowed, but not stopovers. A stopover is >24 hours, so the example you give of CPH-IST-PEK is fine, as long as your arrival and departure flights at IST have less than 24 hours between them.

Start off by reading this:

http://www.flybmi.com/bmi/en-gb/loya...e-flights.aspx

For the purposes of clarity, it's not "no stopovers in Europe", it's "no stopovers in Z1 and Z2". They are not the same thing.

Thank you for the quick responses!

I scrutinized this for centuries, and it was where I got the "no stopovers in Europe" idea from.

I was specifically referring to stopovers; so in the sample itinerary I proposed, stopover in IST is not ok? I was so sure I had seen someone do that in another thread.

At first I was under the impression that it the two were the same thing, but when someone said that they got a stopover in IST from FRA to XXX (now if only I can find that thread again!), I started thinking that there are a few places in Z2 that seem to be arguable (Turkey & Armenia). oh and there's also Morocco, would one not be able to stopover in Morocco?
However, if Europe is not equal to Z1+Z2, then shouldn't it be the opposite of what you said? at least that's what's in Guideline for Redemption #9: "No stop-overs are permitted within Europe."

This is bmi; be it Diamond Club, marketing or promotions, what their T&C's say and what is reality rarely, if ever, match. It's been a source of confusion, annoyance and humour around here for years.

haha!
glad to know I'm not confused only by my inability to read. I'll trust you when you say that it's no stopovers in Z1&Z2 then!

Trying to get from Oaxaca, Mexico to Merida, Mexico without taking a rather uncomfortable 24hr bus and without paying AeroMexico £300.

OAX-IAH-MID or OAX-IAH-CUN

Tried to spend my KL miles on MX OAX-MEX-MID but no availability..

Can anyone clarify if this has been confirmed before?

SYD-SIN-LAX would be just fine for me...

Cheers

will they consider it back tracking if you go from PEK to CPH with a stopover in SIN?