Backtracking

Old May 12, 2004 | 6:34 am
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Backtracking

I have never quite gotten a handle on the rules in OWE or GLOB for backtracking. I think I understand that it is not permitted in OWE unless you go through a particular place as a transit pax (no stay of xx hours?). If that was true, then you could come back to that place and make it a stopver. But in the case of GLOB fares (mileage based?) I don't know at all.

Can anyone please enlighten me in general terms for both OWE and GLOB?

I'm thinking of something like this:

BAH-DXB-HKG-LHR (transit)-LAX-LHR (stopover)-BAH....(with more to be added).

Or same kind of thing in the US.

Thanks very much!
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Old May 12, 2004 | 7:31 am
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With a few special-purpose exceptions, backtracking between "continents" isn't allowed on OWE so LHR-LAX-LHR is out. And you're also only allowed to cross each ocean once. Within a "continent" backtracking is allowed all you want, except you're not allowed to fly through the city where it all began.

DXB and LHR are, interestingly, in the same "continent" or zone.
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Old May 13, 2004 | 1:12 pm
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Thanks. How about the GLOB fare basis? Same thing, or no?
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