Unfortunately, American allows for neither stopovers nor open -
jaws on their award tickets anymore.
Using stopovers and open
jaws on award tickets is a great way of enjoying travel to two holiday destinations for the price of one and in the process maximising returns your hard - earned points.
Singapore Airlines is quite flexible when it comes to building stopovers and open
jaws on award tickets.
While United doesn't offer off - peak pricing, they do allow 1 stopover and 2 open -
jaws on award tickets.
I'm also more than a big fan of United's 1 allowed stopover and 2 open
jaws on award tickets.
United allows you one stopover and two open
jaws on award tickets, giving you even more flexibility to redeem your miles.
Not exact matches
Another thought: you could use the United miles to get around in SA — like fly
on to Capetown as part of the
award ticket, then open
jaw from Durban, stopover in Joberg
on the way home - now you have hit 3 cities and only had to buy a oneway.
Lufthansa has very generous stopover and open -
jaw rules
on award tickets.
You have much greater flexibility to travel between regions and between a free stopover and two open
jaws, it's easy to build your itinerary to visit more places
on one
award ticket.
Although Delta had removed stopovers and open
jaws in 2015, it's now allowing one - way
award tickets and you can take advantage by building in one or two open
jaws on a single itinerary.
You are allowed two free stopovers and two open
jaws on a round - trip
award ticket.
United has the most flexible routing rules, allowing for a stopover and two open -
jaws on round - trip
award tickets.
Stopovers
on partner
award tickets are allowed, but cost additional Asiana Miles, and open
jaws are allowed.
To capitalize
on what United offers for
award tickets, you will need to know a few strategies for booking flights, including their stopover and open
jaw rules.
I can also include a free stopover
on round - trip itineraries and put an open
jaw at either end, making it easier to visit multiple cities
on the same
award ticket.
We're continuing our series
on how to get the most out of United
award tickets by looking at the airline's free open
jaw.
United's frequent flyer program, MileagePlus, allows you to use one stopover and two open
jaws for free
on a round - trip
award ticket.
Delta's free open
jaw on round - trip
award tickets will allow you to see more while paying the same price in miles and cash.
Aeroplan (Air Canada's program) allows two stopovers or one stopover and one open
jaw on a roundtrip
award ticket.
United lets MileagePlus members use two open
jaws per round - trip
award ticket, so neither your origin nor destination has to be the same
on your outbound and inbound flights.
This also takes advantage of the double open
jaw offered
on Asia Miles
award tickets.
Also, how many stopovers and / or open
jaws are allowed
on award tickets?
They never charge fuel surcharges, they allow free date changes, they have very flexible routing rules, they allow one - way
awards for half the mileage, they have a short - haul
award for 20,000 miles, they allow for a stopover and an open -
jaw so that you can really maximize an
award trip into multiple free trips, they have an around - the - world
award to visit tons of cities
on one
award ticket, and they have dozens of partners to fly
on, most of which can be booked
on their website.
Historically Delta SkyMiles has allowed one stopover and one open
jaw on a roundtrip longhaul
award ticket.
Delta SkyMiles has long had one of the more generous policies when it comes to stopovers and open
jaws on longhaul
award tickets.