No. I explicitly asked this question, on several calls to make sure. The rule just says any single flight number from Australia to Europe must count Asia. It doesn't matter whether the flight actually stops in Asia or not.

That's unfortunate. Looks like the only way for me to cover South America and Australia then is to do either EU-SoAm-Aus-Asia or EU-NoAm-Aus-Asia.

The options for you to get from South West Pacific to Europe/Middle East are:

• Fly direct - but you have to pay for Asia
• Travel via Asia - you still pay for Asia, but at least you can visit it :)
• Travel via Africa

What's the current rough price of a DONE4 ex-OSL? The Oneworld site is appallingly glitchy and I need a ballpark figure before deciding whether to bother a TA with this.

Base Fare of a DONE4 is ~NOK58,000 (about GBP5,000)
for comparison, the base fare ex-UK is GBP6,200

Re-write the WIKI?
 

Hi fellow FTers. I’m seeking input it whether it’s desirable to do a complete rewrite of the wiki to this thread. I’m particularly interested in hearing from both noobs who have recently been reading the wiki and also from experienced OWExplorer fliers.

I have some time on my hands over the next few months (the joys of being a retiree and full-time nomad who’s chillin’ in one of his favourite hang-out spots ZNZ ). So I’m proposing to do the work and am looking for suggestions on the desirability/content/structure/presentation of a new wiki.

My thoughts are:

• The target audience is newbies who are thinking of doing their first RTW, but possibly also a reference resource for others (so keep it simple, maybe with links to more detailed information)
• Need to get rid of outdated/incorrect information (for example: “Europe - Not more than two Europe/Middle East segments may be used for journeys between the U.K. and the following: …”)
• Remove content which is not FAQ (for example the table of booking classes used by each airline)
• Jazz up the look and feel of the wiki. I’m thinking of something like the BAEC Dashboard (a shout-out to [MENTION=17682]Prospero[/MENTION] who created the dashboard and is being a great help to me in understanding what needs to be done to create one; and also providing resources for me ^)

So, what are people’s thoughts??

I think that would be an excellent service, long overdue. If you have the time, I say go for it, and thanks!

Agree. Archive this thread and start a new thread with posts from say 1 Jan 2019 or 1 Jan 2020. A lot has changed since this thread was started in 2004. Airlines have come and gone. And more changes to *ONE* when LATAM leaves OW.

Some of the other OW sticky threads could do with a rewrite/edit/update/consolidation. I had started to write more on this suggestion (in MSWord) for a PM-email to interested parties

ZNZ = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abeid_...tional_Airport
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zanzibar_Archipelago
How is your Swahili?

Thanks to you and [MENTION=10228]Gardyloo[/MENTION] for your feedback

I think a new thread would be smart. I'm thinking it will be more a User Guide than an FAQ - so a change of thread title as well?

One thing at a time:D. YGM

Mimi ninasema kiswahili kidogo sana:(
(I speak very little Swahili)

@pandaperth,
Excellent idea of rewriting the wiki. No better qualified person to do it than you. Thank you in advance.

Q. Is this routing allowed: South Africa > Europe > Asia > SWP > NA > South Africa via Europe connection.

Per rule sheet it appears not allowed to South Africa.

1. Two permitted in Europe/Middle East for travel to/from/via Africa.
   
   If travel is to/from Europe in both directions, itinerary may not include Mauritius/South Africa.
   

Q. Can I have East Africa as the final segment with the origin being JNB? Such as JNB-Europe-Asia-SWP-LAX-DOH-ADD. If yes, can I transit DOH twice? JNB-DOH-Europe-Asia-SWP-LAX-DOH-ADD

Thanks

Indeed, even if you end in East Africa, since you began in South Africa (and vice versa) you cannot transit Europe twice. You can start in one part of Africa and end in another without issue, but they will be stringent on connecting twice through Europe, since they'll say that you could take Cathay or Qantas from JNB/CPT...

I just booked a DONE4 originating in Colombo using the online tool. It surprised me by actually pricing the thing up and letting me confirm the reservation. Half the time it doesn't work.

Anyway, it then told me I need to call the the Malaysia Airlines office in the country where my first flight leaves from to arrange payment.I had hoped to avoid the palaver of having to do that. However, there's a more fundamental problem in that they don't actually have an office in Sri Lanka. Does anyone have any experience with how this works ? Could I just call Malaysian Airlines in the UK where I am at the moment ? Or in Malaysia ?

Hmm okay, so I tried setting the first flight to UL instead. This produced a fare which was about £400 cheaper. I assume it's airport taxes or something. Routing me via Melbourne instead of KL.

So I've gone with that and the system produced a number for me to call in Sri Lanka. So far so good.

Now it wants me to call the SriLankan Arilines Global Call Centre 94 77777 1979 to arrange payment. Has anyone done this before ? Do they email you a payment link or something ?

I'm planning a xONEx ex-Japan. My first flight would be leaving NRT and the last flight arriving to HND. The rule is the following:

Does this phantom surface segment HND-NRT need to be counted as one of my 16 segments? Thanks.