"Peter" wrote in message
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OK, I omitted to mention what I mention in another reply: this was
done in the UK, where my UK license and G-reg aircraft entitle me to
fly at night (I have had the JAA night training) and also IFR. So the
night flight was legal.

It was legal for you to make. That doesn't mean it meets the requirements
of the regulation.

From what you say above, if I am allowed to do it solo (which I am)

No, you are not. As has been stated several times in this thread, "flight
training" means that you are required to have an instructor with you.

then the night flight should count.

No, it shouldn't and doesn't. Not the solo night flight.

Precisely this is the feedback I
have received from a few people who are now doing their FAA CFII
training.

They are mistaken.

FAR 61.109(a)(2)(i) says that your night training
must include a night cross country of 100 miles total distance. Since this
is training, not solo, your instructor must go with you.

But is that true if the pilot is already legal to fly it solo?

Yes, it is still true, even if you are legal to fly it solo.

Pete