Not exact matches
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.
If you're traveling outside the continental U.S., Canada and Alaska, a
stopover is defined
as a stay of
more than 24 hours between connections.
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.
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.
While many airlines have made it
more difficult to score a
stopover on award tickets, there are still some options out there such
as United's Excursionist perk that can include legal
stopovers on some itineraries.
The ability to have a
stopover (staying
more than 24 hours after you land at your destination) and an open jaw (departing from a different city than the one you flew into) would have helped us out with our trip covering Western Europe,
as we used budget airlines to get around Europe.
«Already, many of our customers are choosing to
stopover in Dubai on their way to Europe and
as they become
more familiar with it, we expect to see Dubai become even
more of a destination in its own right for Australian holiday makers.»
While the news that Air France / KLM has ditched
stopovers is disappointing
as it makes visiting different regions of the world
more difficult, it's really troubling that they would do so without letting anyone know.
If Gustavus - Glacier Bay is on your itinerary, Alaska Airlines offers Juneau or Gustavus
as a
stopover for just a few dollars
more than a Juneau - only or Glacier Bay - only destination.)
As you can see,
stopovers can be a good way to extend award travel to
more destinations, and adding a
stopover doesn't have to be complicated.
I think this will make Basel even
more attractive
as a
stopover.»
Sometimes you might have to cough up a few thousand
more miles for an airline's program but if they give you the option to take a
stopover then it might be worth it in the end, since they sometimes operate
as free one - way flights.
For most tourists, it serves
as a
stopover to
more exciting destinations.
Even better, use that
as a
stopover and continue your journey to Auckland for just a few thousand miles
more.
Once known
as a quick
stopover shopping mecca, the small island nation of Singapore is about
more than luxury labels and bargain hunting.
Without charging
more miles,
stopovers allow you to stop in at least one
more destination for
as long
as you want.
↓ 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).
As of September, travellers can spend more time getting to know Lisbon and Porto, as well as Madeira, Azores or Algarve, as TAP increases the duration of the stopover from three days to fiv
As of September, travellers can spend
more time getting to know Lisbon and Porto,
as well as Madeira, Azores or Algarve, as TAP increases the duration of the stopover from three days to fiv
as well
as Madeira, Azores or Algarve, as TAP increases the duration of the stopover from three days to fiv
as Madeira, Azores or Algarve,
as TAP increases the duration of the stopover from three days to fiv
as TAP increases the duration of the
stopover from three days to five.
Visitors can travel to Qatar
as a standalone trip or
as part of a
stopover itinerary, on - board the national carrier, Qatar Airways, which connects Doha to
more than 150 destinations across six continents.
A
stopover is defined
as a stay of
more than 4 hours between domestic flights and
more than 24 hours between domestic and international or all international flights.
That advice goes for basically Australia, Asia and South America
as well — you can use BA miles to fly on partner airlines short - haul within those countries since many other frequent flyer programs don't allow for
more than one
stopover (or any at all in AA's case).
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.