You are not permitted to exceed 16 segments for a voluntary reroute. An involuntary reroute may involve exceeding 16 segments, and that has happened to me on multiple occasions. I didn't mention it in my post above because the context is voluntary reroutes. Note that even with an involuntary rereoute, exceeding 16 segments can cause problems in reissuing the ticket. There are various ways to work around such problems, of course.

you can use an email address to set up for 5 or 10 days free membership.

If you either post here or send to me by PM your starting city (or a few possible ones) and travel cabin (F,J,Y), I'll be happy to get the fares for you. Keep in mind that your actual cost is likely to be ~40% above the base fare due to fees, taxes, etc.

Fantastic.
London (or nearby EU) in J or F is what I would be looking for :)

Thanks!

Did you see that I posted (in post #2410) those fares immediately after your initial question? I included fares from LHR and OSL for all cabins and continents.

Hi All,
I have just purchased a DONE4 with AA and have had for the first time extreme difficulty in finding D availability on connecting AA domestic flights some 325 days out...This is a big change from the past ( have been doing DONE 4 and DONE 5 for many years ) and now have forced layovers which is not too pleasing. or less time in my stopovers....tried to look for code share flights as well but AA insist no availability in D....Anyone know why this difficulty has now arisen ?

Generally, availability via code shares is worse than as prime. I use ExpertFlyer to check availability before putting my routing together. If we knew the specific flights and dates that are not available someone may be able to offer advice.

AA 1378 MIA-LIR July 22nd....surprisingly no D class available but with only 8 J seats maybe AA are holding them back....a real pain as have been taking this flight every July for the past 12 years and this is the first time we have had an issue....causes us an extra day in MIA which we dont want !!

This has happened before. I've nearly always been able to get BA or QF codeshares on the same flights. Last time that it happened across the board, it went away after a few weeks and the availability returned.

Hi

Looking at a DONE5 which will include Australia and would have liked to do MEL-DRW-SYD but it appears that it's not allowed. Any ideas on getting around this ? Would MEL-DRW-CNS-SYD be permitted for example ? Any suggestions welcome.

Thanks

As per a recent discussion in another thread, yes, your alternative would be permitted.

I would caution against that many segments in Australia, particularly on those routes. MEL-DRW-CNS will be flown by narrow bodies with a perfectly adequate business product domestically, but when you're paying for a DONE5, I'd be limiting your Australian sectors to trans-cons on the A33x only, if at all possible.

If you do want to travel around Australia (and why would you not) it's a good place to spend miles, bad place to spend on local cash fares.

Hi,

Quick question on the 4 segments per continent rule - does it include the flights into and out of the 'continent' ? eg is ......... SYD-SIN-BKK-HKG-KUL-NRT-DEL ... valid ?
Thanks

There are 5 sectors intra Asia. India is in Asia.