* RTW Validity
Apr 12, 2005 | 3:27 am
#1
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Join Date: Dec 2004
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* RTW Validity
Hi,
Is this a valid *RTW route.
BKKx-SIN-JNB-FRAx-AMS-ARN-ORDx-DTW-ORDx
-SFO-SEA-ORDx-NYC-BKK
x denotes it's just a transit.
The confusion stems from whether the SEA-NYC segment is considered backtracking or not. While my TA says it's not backtracking (and i agree), the TG people, who have to upgrade the relevent TG sectors for me are not sure.
thanks in advance
Is this a valid *RTW route.
BKKx-SIN-JNB-FRAx-AMS-ARN-ORDx-DTW-ORDx
-SFO-SEA-ORDx-NYC-BKK
x denotes it's just a transit.
The confusion stems from whether the SEA-NYC segment is considered backtracking or not. While my TA says it's not backtracking (and i agree), the TG people, who have to upgrade the relevent TG sectors for me are not sure.
thanks in advance
Apr 12, 2005 | 4:11 am
#2
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Tampere
Posts: 3,342
Originally Posted by RWY02KTM
BKKx-SIN-JNB-FRAx-AMS-ARN-ORDx-DTW-ORDx
-SFO-SEA-ORDx-NYC-BKK
The confusion stems from whether the SEA-NYC segment is considered backtracking or not. While my TA says it's not backtracking (and i agree), the TG people, who have to upgrade the relevent TG sectors for me are not sure.
-SFO-SEA-ORDx-NYC-BKK
The confusion stems from whether the SEA-NYC segment is considered backtracking or not. While my TA says it's not backtracking (and i agree), the TG people, who have to upgrade the relevent TG sectors for me are not sure.
One observation, though: this routing comes to 30969 miles in the Great Circle Mapper. Yes, the 'official' distance will be different--but _how_ different can it be? In other words, you are right between the Star1 and Star2 limits. You can add 3000 miles more!
cheers,
Henry
Apr 12, 2005 | 4:12 am
#3
Join Date: Oct 1999
Location: Sydney NSW Australia
Posts: 2,337
Looks good to me - they may be getting confused with the NYC-BKK segment. It's trans-Pac but "looks" like trans-Atlantic.
I can't imagine TG being a founding member of the alliance would be confused with a backtracking rule within the USA as there is no such rule.
I can't imagine TG being a founding member of the alliance would be confused with a backtracking rule within the USA as there is no such rule.
Apr 12, 2005 | 4:50 am
#4
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Originally Posted by henry999
Shouldn't be back-tracking, since it's within North America.
One observation, though: this routing comes to 30969 miles in the Great Circle Mapper. Yes, the 'official' distance will be different--but _how_ different can it be? In other words, you are right between the Star1 and Star2 limits. You can add 3000 miles more!
Henry
One observation, though: this routing comes to 30969 miles in the Great Circle Mapper. Yes, the 'official' distance will be different--but _how_ different can it be? In other words, you are right between the Star1 and Star2 limits. You can add 3000 miles more!
Henry
On miles, either AMS, DTW and SFO gets dropped or I think i am adding bkk-ktm-bkk to the end. since the ticket is year long. can use it some other time. or even actually start and end in KTM.
I would hope that the RTWMC gets updated and show NYC-BKK as transpac, in which case i would just take my laptop and show it to them :-).
TIA
Last edited by RWY02KTM; Apr 12, 2005 at 4:56 am
Apr 14, 2005 | 12:43 am
#5
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thanks to everyone,
I finally got
BKK-KTM-BKKx-SIN-JNB-FRAx-AMS-ARN-ORDx-DTW-SFO-SEA-NYC-BKK
Yes.. it eventually was the NYC-BKK issue.
I finally got
BKK-KTM-BKKx-SIN-JNB-FRAx-AMS-ARN-ORDx-DTW-SFO-SEA-NYC-BKK
Yes.. it eventually was the NYC-BKK issue.