Aeroplan, Air Canada's loyalty program, has generous routing
rules on award flights.
Not exact matches
For example, if you have British Airways Avios and want to book an
award flight on American Airlines between Dallas and Los Angeles, you would need to follow the program
rules of British Airways Avios and confirm your booking through their program.
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.
A look at how you can make the best of American Airlines's very restrictive
rule that prevents travelers from booking stopovers
on AAdvantage
award flights, plus a tip
on how to search for
award flights that some airlines won't show you.
Later this year, American said, upgrade prioritization
rules will be updated to include not only elite status level, but also the number of Elite Qualifying Dollars accumulated in the last 12 months; and Executive Platinums will be able to use free 500 - mile upgrades for
award flights on American.
However, the cardinal
rule of booking Mileage Plan
awards is that each direction of travel can only include one partner, plus connecting
flights on Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air.
However, there are specific
rules about how you may combine
flights on multiple carriers in the same
award.
There was one exception to this
rule, however — Singapore was making business class
awards on its new A350 available to partners specifically for
flights between SIN and some destinations in Australia.