Thus, you could hit up two spots in Europe in addition to the Middle East and only have to pay for a one way ticket to get to your European
open jaw destination.
Not exact matches
Korean Air also allows for one stopover and one
open -
jaw, so it's a great opportunity to add an additional
destination on any of these trips at no extra cost.
One of the many highlights of this award chart is that it allows for up to 5 stopovers, 2 airport transfers, and 2
open -
jaws at the origin, along your route, or at the
destination.
Open jaws are only permitted at the origin or
destination, not en - route.
But like United, Aeroplan permits travelers to book awards a stopover or
open jaw, which can allow you to visit multiple
destinations, or search additional options for award travel, rather than book a simple round - trip between the same cities.
What Flying Blue calls a «multi-
destination award» online is really an
open -
jaw, meaning you can fly to one
destination and return from another.
Because we're taking advantage of United's
open jaw rules and want to use our one possible stopover in Tokyo, it makes far more sense to find our own way to Ho Chi Minh than to use the stopover in Bangkok with a terminal
destination of Ho Chi Minh.
An
open -
jaw is when you fly back home from a different city than your original
destination city.
An
open jaw means you're going from
Destination A to
Destination D, but you're going to get from B to C in some other fashion (perhaps train or car), then depart from
Destination C for
Destination D.
(If you're wondering what an
open -
jaw ticket is... it's a return ticket with different origins or
destinations.
Having
open jaws in your itinerary means that you are responsible for arranging different means of transportation from each
destination to the subsequent departure airport.
You also get a free
open jaw, which allows you to visit another
destination for free.
Essentially, this is giving you one free leg in your
destination region and one
open -
jaw when you return.
Korean Air also allows for one stopover and one
open -
jaw, so it's a great opportunity to add an additional
destination on any of these trips at no extra cost.
Tip # 1: Understanding where your
destination and
open jaws or stopovers are located can help make or break your pricing strategy.
The next time you book a flight with points / miles, make sure you take advantage or free stopovers and / or
open jaws and enjoy multiple
destinations for the price of one.
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.
Open jaw travel (return trip in which the
destination airport and return departure airport are different) is allowed.
Of the various luxury train offerings, the Maharajas» Express provides the most varied itineraries including
open jaw packages leaving from one
destination and arriving to another.
For example, you may want to book travel from Los Angeles to Seoul, perform a stopover, then fly to Hong Kong a week later (your
destination) and return to San Francisco (
open jaw with Los Angeles).
The flexibility of a stopover (staying at a
destination more than 24 hours after landing en route to another
destination) on a one - way international award (2 total for round - trip flights), 2
open -
jaws (departing from a different city than the one you landed in), and Starwood Preferred Guest and Alaska credit cards to generate points and miles would be the first option I would consider.
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.
(This could also be done backwards where your
destination and stopover are somewhere in Europe but your
open jaw inbound departure is in Israel.)
Thus, if you're wanting to explore options for
open jaw for inbound flights, I suggest experimenting with the website or calling in to see if the
destination of your outbound trip and point of departure of your inbound trip fall within the same «area.»
Open -
jaw destinations are allowed, but you must take the most direct route.
Don't forget that Flying Blue allows for one
open jaw in your
destination zone.
Typically, you might be restricted to your
destination zone for your
open jaw.
Fly from Chicago to Munich (stopover) Fly from Munich to Vienna (
destination) Take a train to Prague (
open jaw) Fly from Prague to Chicago
No one - way,
open jaw (ticket purchased where the traveler returns to the airline from a city other than the one in which he arrived or the final
destination is not the same as the original departure city),
open return (ticket purchased for round - trip travel without a specified return time and date), standby, stopover or circle trips are allowed.
American Airlines does not allow for stopovers at international
destinations although
open jaws are permitted.
An
open jaw is where you fly into one city and out of another on the way to or from your
destination.
Stopovers /
open -
jaws in a separate region on your way to / from your
destination.
(The
open jaw can also be at your
destination instead of your origin.)
You can also have an
open jaw (fly in one city and fly out of another) at your
destination, but these cities must be within the same zone.
With an
open jaw, you can fly to one
destination and return from another, or you can depart from one city and return to a different one.
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.
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).
It's very important to know that you can only have an
open jaw at the
destination — you can not have an
open jaw at the origin.
The upside is that Aeroplan allows up to two stopovers or a stopover and an
open -
jaw, allowing you to enjoy a variety of
destinations for the same amount of points.
Roundtrip awards can have one free stopover (in addition to the
destination) and two
open jaws.
And I think you can only
open -
jaw on the
destination anyways.
You can book classic return as well as
open -
jaw tickets however hote that unlike Malaysian part this is
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This should give stops: 1) Capetown, 2) First stopover, 3)
Destination, 4) Second stopover, 5) Casablanca as
open -
jaw then flight home.
If you book a same - day turn partner itinerary with an
open jaw to a different
destination than the origin, it will be priced as a one - way.
-40 k Lufthansa miles for two stopovers and an
open jaw at Star Alliance
destinations working our way North in economy.
If we apply an
open jaw to the ticket mentioned above for instance, we could apply it to our stopover, our
destination, or our return
destination (home.)
The further out your
destination, the larger your
open -
jaw can be.
Open jaw travel (i.e. outbound travel to one
destination and inbound via another
destination covered in the Programme) is permitted on a round trip journey using a VAA Reward Flight.
This means you can complete a routing like HNL - JFK (Stopover)- SJU (
destination)(
open -
jaw) STT - JFK - LAX - HNL for a minuscule 45,000 Flying Blue miles.