Creative RTW Routing Question
Feb 20, 2003 | 9:11 am
#1
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Creative RTW Routing Question
Creative RTW Routing Question
I was wondering whether its feasible to include two separate stopovers in Europe on a RTW ex South-Africa.
Something like ZA - Europe (Stopover) - US - Asia (Stopover) - Europe (Stopover) - Asia (Transfer) - ZA.
I will not need to final flight to ZA and would therefore book it as a connection through SIN and end my trip there.
I know that, according to *A RTW rules backtracking, is OK ex ZA but only one stopover per continent. Is there a way to bypass that rule. I am considering booking a side-trip award to / from the middle-east (is there a 'cheaper' option?).
Any suggestions, routing tips, etc. are very much appreciated. Thanks.
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LH: SEN , QG: TC
I was wondering whether its feasible to include two separate stopovers in Europe on a RTW ex South-Africa.
Something like ZA - Europe (Stopover) - US - Asia (Stopover) - Europe (Stopover) - Asia (Transfer) - ZA.
I will not need to final flight to ZA and would therefore book it as a connection through SIN and end my trip there.
I know that, according to *A RTW rules backtracking, is OK ex ZA but only one stopover per continent. Is there a way to bypass that rule. I am considering booking a side-trip award to / from the middle-east (is there a 'cheaper' option?).
Any suggestions, routing tips, etc. are very much appreciated. Thanks.
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LH: SEN , QG: TC
Feb 20, 2003 | 1:36 pm
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Join Date: Oct 1999
Location: Sydney NSW Australia
Posts: 2,337
On a *RTW, you can have anything between 3 and 15 stopovers in Europe if you wanted to (although who would with 15 stops being the maximum on any one itinerary!). However, you can't travel between Asia and Europe or v.v. more than once per itinerary, so your proposal is an illegal routing. There is no easy (if any) workaround to travel Area 3 to Area 2 more than once, unless you want to buy a return sidetrip seperately.
Cheers.
Cheers.
Feb 20, 2003 | 10:12 pm
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by garfield5:
I was wondering whether its feasible to include two separate stopovers in Europe on a RTW ex South-Africa. Something like ZA - Europe (Stopover) - US - Asia (Stopover) - Europe (Stopover) - Asia (Transfer) - ZA.</font>
I was wondering whether its feasible to include two separate stopovers in Europe on a RTW ex South-Africa. Something like ZA - Europe (Stopover) - US - Asia (Stopover) - Europe (Stopover) - Asia (Transfer) - ZA.</font>
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by garfield5:
I will not need to final flight to ZA and would therefore book it as a connection through SIN and end my trip there. [/B]</font>
I will not need to final flight to ZA and would therefore book it as a connection through SIN and end my trip there. [/B]</font>
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Al B:
There is no easy (if any) workaround to travel Area 3 to Area 2 more than once.</font>
There is no easy (if any) workaround to travel Area 3 to Area 2 more than once.</font>