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.
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.
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.
The journey is also very much part of the holiday
as you pass through ever
changing scenery, with interesting sights and pleasurable
stopovers en route.
You can, however, build your itinerary to include a
change of planes on the way to your destination, and
as long
as the stop does not exceed 24 hours it's not considered a
stopover.
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.
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.
First class is easier to procure on AA than UA (for AA's partners British Airways and Cathay Pacific do make generous amounts of space available) and AA allows free routing
changes as long
as origin and destination remain the same, but AA does not allow routing via Europe to go to Asia or
stopovers on round - trip travel other than at American gateway hubs.
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).
James Larounis rated this
as the worst
change of the year along with the
change to American's international gateway policy, reducing a
stopover to 24 hours or less.