circle indian ocean route question(s)
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circle indian ocean route question(s)
I had trouble reading the star files for valid routings on this fare (blame it on the antiquated text formatting). Can one do a route that goes Europe-Asia-SWP-Europe? The SWP - Europe segment would be on BA/QF single plane back to LHR.
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If you draw three vertical lines in that ugly formatting, to actually see the four columns, it then becomes clear, I think, that Africa is a must stop continent. Otherwise it would not be a cricle, I suppose.
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Originally Posted by headinclouds
I had trouble reading the star files for valid routings on this fare (blame it on the antiquated text formatting). Can one do a route that goes Europe-Asia-SWP-Europe? The SWP - Europe segment would be on BA/QF single plane back to LHR.
2N ROUTING
3N --------
4N .
5N VALID ON
6N .
7N .
8N . AY BA CX EI IB LA QF
9N .
10N VIA AFRICA/ASIA/SOUTHWEST PACIFIC/EUROPE/MIDDLE EAST.
11N TRAVEL MUST BE IN A FORWARD CIRCLE DIRECTION.
12N .
13N EXCEPTION: TRAVEL NOT PERMITTED ON CX BETWEEN HONG
14N KONG AND VIETNAM.
15N .
16N . * TRAVEL MUST BE A CIRCLE VIA ONE OF THE
17N . FOLLOWING ROUTINGS: ROUTINGS APPLY EITHER
18N . DIRECTION.
. . .
54N . J. EUROPE/MID AFRICA- SOUTHWEST ASIA- EUROPE/M
55N . DLE EAST- PACIFIC- IDDLE
56N . EAST
57N .
58N . * FOR ITEMS C, E, AND J, TRAVEL ON A SINGLE PLANE
59N . SERVICE OR WHEN TRANSIT WITHOUT STOPOVER IS
60N . UTILIZED BETWEEN SOUTHWEST PACIFIC AND EUROPE,
61N . THIS IS CONSIDERED A FOUR-CONTINENT JOURNEY.
62N . * TRAVEL MAY ORIGINATE AT ANY POINT FOR WHICH A
63N . FARE IS PUBLISHED. TRAVEL MUST TERMINATE AT THE
64N . SAME POINT OR AT AN INTERMEDIATE POINT IN THE
65N . COUNTRY OF ORIGIN.
3N --------
4N .
5N VALID ON
6N .
7N .
8N . AY BA CX EI IB LA QF
9N .
10N VIA AFRICA/ASIA/SOUTHWEST PACIFIC/EUROPE/MIDDLE EAST.
11N TRAVEL MUST BE IN A FORWARD CIRCLE DIRECTION.
12N .
13N EXCEPTION: TRAVEL NOT PERMITTED ON CX BETWEEN HONG
14N KONG AND VIETNAM.
15N .
16N . * TRAVEL MUST BE A CIRCLE VIA ONE OF THE
17N . FOLLOWING ROUTINGS: ROUTINGS APPLY EITHER
18N . DIRECTION.
. . .
54N . J. EUROPE/MID AFRICA- SOUTHWEST ASIA- EUROPE/M
55N . DLE EAST- PACIFIC- IDDLE
56N . EAST
57N .
58N . * FOR ITEMS C, E, AND J, TRAVEL ON A SINGLE PLANE
59N . SERVICE OR WHEN TRANSIT WITHOUT STOPOVER IS
60N . UTILIZED BETWEEN SOUTHWEST PACIFIC AND EUROPE,
61N . THIS IS CONSIDERED A FOUR-CONTINENT JOURNEY.
62N . * TRAVEL MAY ORIGINATE AT ANY POINT FOR WHICH A
63N . FARE IS PUBLISHED. TRAVEL MUST TERMINATE AT THE
64N . SAME POINT OR AT AN INTERMEDIATE POINT IN THE
65N . COUNTRY OF ORIGIN.

