SJU = continental US?
Dec 22, 2002 | 6:28 pm
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Guy Betsy:
Yes. And so does Latin America.</font>
Yes. And so does Latin America.</font>
Most of what is normally called Latin America (i.e. the bits that speak Spanish or Portuguese) is in South America as far as OWEs are concerned.
I don't see any interpretation that would make SJU part of the continental US.
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Dec 22, 2002 | 6:57 pm
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continent US is the 48 states, in any definition.
OWE cannot cannot define continent US or US, i think GB is refering the definition of mr W
and the statement goes to....... so is the mesopotamia
OWE cannot cannot define continent US or US, i think GB is refering the definition of mr W
and the statement goes to....... so is the mesopotamia
Dec 22, 2002 | 9:02 pm
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Well the reason I was asking was because in the Australian OWE rules, it says "BACKTRACKING BETWEEN HAWAII AND THE CONTINENTAL USA/CANADA IS NOT PERMITTED", if SJU is not continental USA, then I could fly SJU-LIH-LAX, and it wouldn't be considered backtracking (i think).
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Dec 22, 2002 | 9:47 pm
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i c....but in your case it is LIH-LAX potion that is backtracking, unelss you can find flights such as lax-lih-sju.
even for such routes, i guess it is not something that we can determine. it is up to the interpetation of the airline staff.
good luck!
[you can argue continental USA + canada, but one can also argue it means continent "usa/canada" = continent "north america" which includes the carribean....]
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even for such routes, i guess it is not something that we can determine. it is up to the interpetation of the airline staff.
good luck!
[you can argue continental USA + canada, but one can also argue it means continent "usa/canada" = continent "north america" which includes the carribean....]
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Dec 22, 2002 | 10:43 pm
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Sorry. I meant Central America!
And yes, unless youcan a thru flight from Hawaii straight to the caribbean on ONE flight number without any changes , then you might get away with it.
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And yes, unless youcan a thru flight from Hawaii straight to the caribbean on ONE flight number without any changes , then you might get away with it.
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Dec 22, 2002 | 10:55 pm
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There is a flight SJU-LIH. I though if I took this flight, then technically it wasn't Continental USA-Hawaii, therefore LIH-LAX would be my first flight between Hawaii and Continental USA and therefore wouldn't be considered backtracking.
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Dec 23, 2002 | 7:45 am
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From my understanding, this can be done, on a transit from EUR or SA. On a westbound OWE, I see something like: ASIA-EUR-SA-sju-lih-lax-restofNA-ASIA... This could not be considered backtracking from Hawaii to cont US, correct? I think we are having conflict re: continental US vs. North America. For a US resident, this could work into a way to throw in a Hawaii trip in the middle of a OWE stopover; say SA-sju-(cheap R/T purchased sju-hometown-sju)-lih-lax-hometown-ASIA.. Anyone been able to book such a route???
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