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Old Jun 18, 2008 | 5:47 am
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DONE5 ex JNB

Just had a thought the other day.

Can you do the following routing on a DONE5?:


JNB-SYD-JFK-LHR-HKG-JNB
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Old Jun 18, 2008 | 6:54 am
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Originally Posted by IHEARTNY1
Just had a thought the other day.

Can you do the following routing on a DONE5?:

JNB-SYD-JFK-LHR-HKG-JNB
The answer is 'No'
You have to keep moving, from continent to continent, in a continuous direction - eastbound or westbound
Your routing starts out eastbound: JNB-SYD-JFK-LHR-HKG
then you head westbound: HKG-JNB.

The actual rule is:

TC1 is the Americas,
TC2 is Europe/Africa and
TC3 is Asia/SWP

A routing such as JNB-SYD-HKG-JFK-LHR-JNB complies with the rules
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Old Jun 18, 2008 | 4:23 pm
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Actually the LHR-HKG is invalid (backtracking) according to Mileage Monkey. Here are 2 tools that were invaluable when I planned my first RTW (which I'm on)...

1. http://slfft.allhyper.com/0.95/award.htm [Mileage Monkey]
2. http://www.innovata-llc.com/onw/rtw/...t.asp?show=RTW [oneworld RTW planner]
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Old Jun 18, 2008 | 9:37 pm
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Originally Posted by nickvora
Actually the LHR-HKG is invalid (backtracking)
You are right Nickvore - I missed that
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Old Jun 19, 2008 | 11:06 am
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Thanks.

I don't understand how am I backtracking as I have not entered Asia on the way to SYD.

Is it because of the Tc2 restriction?
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Old Jun 19, 2008 | 11:30 am
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Originally Posted by IHEARTNY1
Thanks.

I don't understand how am I backtracking as I have not entered Asia on the way to SYD.

Is it because of the Tc2 restriction?
JNB-SYD-JFK-LHR-HKG-JNB
TC2-TC3-TC1-TC2-TC3-TC2
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