DONEWC3 - routing check please?
#1
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Join Date: Jan 2005
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DONEWC3 - routing check please?
Hello All,
Please will somebody check my routing.
CPT-JNB-MRU-JNB-HKG-SIN-MEL-PER-ADL-(surface sector). MEL-CNS-MEL. (surface sector) SYD-JNB-CPT.
Does the Mauritius option work and if not how can I get it to? I can drop the CPT flight or start from somewhere else in SA like JNB or PLZ.
Do the 4 sectors inside Aus with the 2 ground sectors work?
Please will somebody check my routing.
CPT-JNB-MRU-JNB-HKG-SIN-MEL-PER-ADL-(surface sector). MEL-CNS-MEL. (surface sector) SYD-JNB-CPT.
Does the Mauritius option work and if not how can I get it to? I can drop the CPT flight or start from somewhere else in SA like JNB or PLZ.
Do the 4 sectors inside Aus with the 2 ground sectors work?
#2



Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: used to be PER, now it's nowhere/eveywhere
Programs: QFF NB, AA GLD
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The only problem I see is the visit to MRU
It falls foul of the rule:
You are starting in South Africa, so when you leave it to go to Mauritius you cannot re-enter SA until the end of the trip
Can you start from somewhere else in (near) Africa, such as Zimbabwe or Namibia? You could then start with a Comair flight to JNB and then SA is no longer your country of origin and so you can fly JNB-MRU-JNB
You do not have to return to the country of origin at the end - anywhere in Africa will do; so you can still finish up in CPT
You itinerary in Australia is fine, I presume you actually want the surface segments because you could fly to all the points you've chosen (SIN-PER-ADL-MEL-CNS-SYD-JNB)
Finally, you are not maximising your flight segments - only one flight in Asia when you can have four!
It falls foul of the rule:
ONLY ONE INTERNATIONAL DEPARTURE AND ONE INTERNATIONAL ARRIVAL TO/FROM THE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN IS PERMITTED
Can you start from somewhere else in (near) Africa, such as Zimbabwe or Namibia? You could then start with a Comair flight to JNB and then SA is no longer your country of origin and so you can fly JNB-MRU-JNB
You do not have to return to the country of origin at the end - anywhere in Africa will do; so you can still finish up in CPT
You itinerary in Australia is fine, I presume you actually want the surface segments because you could fly to all the points you've chosen (SIN-PER-ADL-MEL-CNS-SYD-JNB)
Finally, you are not maximising your flight segments - only one flight in Asia when you can have four!
#4



Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: used to be PER, now it's nowhere/eveywhere
Programs: QFF NB, AA GLD
Posts: 3,687
Should have added to my earlier post...
If you choose to start from another African country then you must of course pay the fare for that country
Base fares for a DONEWC3 from:
Namibia 56,350NAD (price from Sth Africa is 53,640ZAR and 1 NAD = 1 ZAR)
Zimbabwe 7,495USD
and of course you face the issue of purchasing the ticket - presumably from outside the country of origin
If you choose to start from another African country then you must of course pay the fare for that country
Base fares for a DONEWC3 from:
Namibia 56,350NAD (price from Sth Africa is 53,640ZAR and 1 NAD = 1 ZAR)
Zimbabwe 7,495USD
and of course you face the issue of purchasing the ticket - presumably from outside the country of origin

