All you have to do is book
a multi-city award itinerary with three or more one - way awards and one of those awards will be free, if the qualifying conditions are met.
Use
a multi-city award itinerary to ensure an exact match.
Not exact matches
American Airlines surprised many today when it announced several customer - friendly changes to its frequent - flier program.The new «One - Way Flex
Awards» will allow customers to book one - way tickets for half the amount of miles needed for a round - trip ticket, and will also let passengers book
multi-city itineraries and combine
award seats with non-
award seats.Under the old paradigm, passengers could only book round - trips to and from the same city and were forced to fly in an
award seat of equal value for both legs of the journey.This often made booking
award travel an exercise in futility — for example, an
award seat might be available only on an outbound journey, but not the return trip.But now passengers will be able to fly to New York in an
award seat, and return in a premium - fare seat if a return
award seat is not available.
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.
Today, United restricted members» ability to book
multi-city trips, only allowing flight combinations that United creates for the trip and blocking the ability to manually build
award itineraries.
Iberia uses a distance - based
award system, so you can not search for
multi-city itineraries.
Our goal is to keep the benefit while making the process of booking your
multi-city trip easier, so we are introducing the Excursionist Perk, which is a free one - way
award within select
multi-city itineraries.
The
award itinerary below shows how the Excursionist Perk can be used in a complex
multi-city itinerary.
The Excursionist Perk is a free one - way
award within select
multi-city itineraries.
All
awards will be priced on a one - way basis, and two or more one - way
awards can be combined to form roundtrip or
multi-city itineraries.
The Excursionist Perk is a free one - way
award, not in your departing region, when you are booking a
multi-city itinerary (3 or more flights).
This can differ from what is shown on the
award chart if the
itinerary goes into a higher fare bucket due to capacity controls, or if it is a complex
itinerary involving
multi-city ticketing.
Apparently, devaluing stopovers wasn't enough, and United has now decided that if you wish to actually pay the prices they publish on their
award chart, you can only select from the flight options they display for you — no longer are you able to piece together your own
itinerary using
multi-city search without paying extra.