Cancun «New York (
booked as a stopover.)
Not exact matches
Stopovers,
as we know them, are changing in less than 3 weeks, so if this is something you are interested in, you need to use your United miles to
book a ticket before October 6, 2016.
It's also possible to
book a one - way flight with a
stopover for the same cost
as a regular one - way flight,
as long
as the
stopover doesn't bump you into a higher distance tier.
Just keep in mind that Korean Air will allow you to
book 1
stopover on one - way
bookings and 2
stopovers on round - trip
bookings as well
as an open jaw.
Stops of less than 24 hours en route don't count
as a
stopover, making them fair game on even one - way awards like this one, and United's
booking engine somehow decided it had no issue with a totally illogical «connection» in Phuket.
Trips must be
booked as roundtrips beginning and ending in the same city, though it's possible to build in additional
stopovers along the way.
A couple of additional positives about this partnership include the ability to
book one - way flights
as well
as a
stopover.
You can also
book an open - jaw ticket returning to a different city than the one you started from (a great way to turn two award tickets into three read more about how to do it here), but that will count
as your one
stopover.
What you can do is
book your ticket
as a ticket to Asia, with a single
stopover in a European city.
To
book a
stopover online, perform a multi-city search with the city you are stopping in
as one of your destinations.
United Airlines announced new changes to its MileagePlus award rules this morning, with lower change / cancellation fees for many members
as well
as a twist to how it lets people
book open jaws and
stopovers.
It is possible to
book most of the awards
as one - ways and build a multi-city itinerary with
stopovers and open - jaws, but they cost slightly more than half of a round - trip award.
Even though this route is actually 2 segments (there's a short
stopover in Frankfurt), you can
book it
as a single flight at Singaporeair.com.
This is also in line with Donna's goal to fly business class or first class
as much
as possible on this trip,
as a business / first award
booking with a
stopover in Luxembourg takes no more points than a direct flight back to Chicago would entail.
The Alaska Airlines program is great if you are Vancouver and can use Seattle
as your airport
as you cna really double the value of your miles (ie you get a free
stopover in Seattle on every one - way you
book).
When
booked as a roundtrip, this flight is simply the result of the allowed
stopover.
People willing to use SEA
as their airport of choice can basically double the value of all their Alaska Airlines award travel by
booking awards
as one - ways with a
stopover in SEA every time.
Stopovers,
as we know them, are changing in less than 3 weeks, so if this is something you are interested in, you need to use your United miles to
book a ticket before October 6, 2016.
A return flight from Jakarta will cost you around $ 230 - 350 USD, flights from Bali are possible (with a
stopover) and should cost around the same, but check schedules and
book things in advance
as some airlines may not fly every day.
Basically, if you are flying from Austin, TX to Chicago, you might get a price that is higher than if you
book a flight from Austin to New York with Chicago
as a
stopover city!
In this scenario, you would
book a roundtrip ticket from your home airport to any international destination and back to your home airport, which would then be used
as the one allowable
stopover.
For such an itinerary to be possible, you have to
book an international multi-city trip, and both the
stopover and the destination must be in the same region
as defined by United.
Because you're using Avios you can
book a
stopover for
as long
as you want at any connecting city along the way.
One
stopover each direction on international trips if all on Alaska Airlines planes and
booked as one way
You can
book a roundtrip flight from Hawaii to New Zealand or Oceania for a cost of 40,000 miles and you can add
stopovers as well to maximize your trip!
Aeroplan allows for very flexible
booking when traveling between North America and the US
as you can incorporate two
stopovers or one stop over and an open jaw on roundtrips.
It doesn't offer miles - plus - cash awards or free
stopovers, and it requires at least one paid flight in the last 24 months
as a condition for
booking an award.
American doesn't allow
stopovers, but you can simply
book two one - way tickets for the same price
as a roundtrip and take advantage of an open jaw.
This feature, which replaces both its previous
stopover policy and its Around The World tickets, allows you to receive a free one - way flight within a MileagePlus defined region, so long
as you are
booking two one - way flights and returning to the same MileagePlus defined region.
As an alternative to round - the - world itineraries, you can
book this round trip award with two
stopovers in Rome and Istanbul on your way to Bangkok.
I do not expect multiple
stopovers, but I should be able to
book USA - Australia
as award one, and Australia - New Zealand
as Award two.
The real keys to watch for in 2015 are how easy it continues to be to earn Delta Skymiles, that they continue to allow close in
booking without a $ 75 fee and that
stopover rules which allow free domestic one ways aren't changed
as part of the one way feature of the new program.
Also,
as with many airline loyalty programs,
stopovers are not permitted with rewards tickets, though you are allowed to
book open - jaw tickets (an airline return ticket in which the destination and / or the origin are not the same in both directions).
But then after
booking, and BEFORE starting the trip, I find alternate segments with no changes to the
stopovers, but now using lower surcharging carriers such
as Swiss and / or United.
Milenomics had a guest post a few months ago talking about using
stopovers to
book multiple different trips
as one «award» on ANA, so the ANA chart is quite liberal with
stopovers and thus does have some uses.
In
booking service, you wrote, «With AA miles, you can have a free
stopover at a gateway city such
as Los Angeles, Honolulu, Dallas, New York, or Miami.»
I can't tell you the number of times that I've gotten extra
stopovers from US Airways, change fee waivers, or gotten upgrades confirmed that I probably shouldn't have (such
as getting confirmed upgrades on a flight that doesn't require a co-pay with United and then getting moved into the same
booking class on one that does).
I can vouch for the Mauritius option (or Reunion for that matter)
as well — it was pretty easy to
book an itinerary through paris to reunion and mauritius (open jaw down there, but only because we wanted to see both islands — availability was pretty decent) with a
stopover in Paris on the way back.
For an extra 2,500 miles you can «
stopover» in Newark on the way back home for
as long
as you want and then
book the rest of your flight nonstop from Newark to Honolulu.
↓ They Figured You Didn't Want a
Stopover At the end of October, Delta SkyMiles members starting noticing that they could no longer book stopovers through the Delta website on international awards (or more specifically, the awards price out as cumulative one - way flights instead of a st
Stopover At the end of October, Delta SkyMiles members starting noticing that they could no longer
book stopovers through the Delta website on international awards (or more specifically, the awards price out
as cumulative one - way flights instead of a
stopoverstopover).
Just
as with Korean awards and Seoul
as a connecting point, Delta allows
booking award travel to Australia via Guangzhou, and allows a
stopover in one direction.
The
stopovers can be
as long
as we want them, subject to the fact that United only releases award space to Singapore up to 331 days out, and we need to
book all our flights at once.
Booking awards: Miles & More basics are laid out in this post, but the key things to keep in mind are that you can only have two
stopovers and two open jaws on round - trip awards, that you can score deals like 30,000 - mile economy awards between select cities in the US and Europe, and that its award chart is not the best deal overall, but there are some interesting redemptions like North America to Hawaii for 40,000 miles round - trip in economy, domestic business - and first - class awards for 35,000 / 50,000 miles respectively, and business class to Central and Southeast Asia
as well
as Australia / New Zealand for 135,000 miles.