Definitely don't disagree with you on that aspect. That particular Hilton though has quite good Gold / Diamond recognition in my experience (great upgrades) and their in-room dining is very cheap if you don't feel like going out. But yes, I do end up Ubering literally everywhere when I stay there if I don't have a rental car.

If/when Hawaiian Airlines joins oneworld I assume you can include HNL-PPT-HNL in a oneworld explorer and this will be counted in TC3 and would limit you to 2 more segments in South West Pacific? This could be an issue I guess, are the rules (more segments in South West Pacific) likely to be updated to take into account the new flight opportunities?

Do the following not breaks the current "Only one intercontinental departure and one intercontinental arrival permitted in each continent" rule?:

LAX-HNL-PPT-HNL-SYD-PER-HKG

and

LAX-HNL-PPT-HNL-NRT-HKG-SYD-PER

If so I guess the rules will need to be reviewed?

HNL is in NA not SWP while PPT is in SWP. Neither of your routings would appear to be viable under the rules new or old. If and when HA joins I would expect there to be additional routing restrictions introduced.

There is an old, existing thread for suggested changes - Oneworld Explorer Rule Changes that we would like to see - FlyerTalk Forums

Can I take ORD-CDG in non-stop flight? I checked on AA, there is a non-stop flight on ORD-CDG, while the RTW tool did not show that non-stop flight. It ask me to take a stop-over at LHR or MAD which makes me cannot fly to LHR after CDG.

Last xONEx Flight: can it land the day after ticket expires?
 

Is the limit on the last flight on the ticket the departure day or the arrival day?
For example, flights to CAI often land just after midnight.
Can the last scheduled flight take off the last day the ticket is valid and arrive the next day, or must arrival also be within the ticket validity?
Thanks

If there is availability in the fare bucket and it does not break any routing rules, it should be fine.
As we know, the online tool is not reliable.

Departure date and time is what is matters.

Hi,
I will be starting my first DONE3 xCai this week.
My first flight is via CAI-MAD-VIE, via Iberia, I will land Cairo 6 hours before the flight.
Iberia can only do online check in 24 hours prior, do I need to prepare anything else apart from the e-ticket from Qantas with ticket number and PNR?

I wouldn’t count on online checkin working ex CAI. It might.

who are you flying in on? If you have to switch terminals you’ll get to experience the finest in Egyptian bureaucracy. Feel free to reach out with questions - I’ve been doing ex CAI fares for a decades.

thanks for the prompt reply.
I will be flying in via QR, landed in Terminal 2.
Iberia is flying from Terminal 1, so I will need to switch terminal.
I am from Malaysia, dont need visa for Egypt, I suppose it would be easier?

Are you certain IB is T1? BA is T2 and I’d expect IB might be the same.

Regardless I ageee you should clear immigration. Transfers at CAI are awful and it’s almost always faster to clear immigration even if you do need a visa. If you do need to go to T1 it’s walkable but there are no signs.

yes, it's T1, may be it's because operated by Iberia express? smaller plane.
my wife prefer to clear immigration, get our luggage then check in again, worried on the luggage going through with 2 different booking

Oh if you have luggage checked absolutely do this. I’d even do it if I had to pay the $25 visa fee. With luggage it’s going to be a bit of a walk to T1 - you can wait for the transfer bus but…no promises. I’d probably get some US$ and just have a taxi make it easy for you even though it’s a 2-3 minute ride.

Probably best to have some cash anyway, but even that's not necessary anymore. During my last long transit there in January I found one of the bank booths for VOA actually take credit card now. I want to say it was the 2nd one from the right as you approach them from the terminal (this was T2).

I only found this out because I wanted to use leftover NZ$ to pay for it but they don't take NZ$ there (surprised as typically Egyptian currency traders will take nearly anything) and he mentioned I can use credit card. Saved my US$ cash for another day.

There's also the inter-terminal train now (not airside) (Link), I've seen it buzzing around the last several times I've been through there.