United had relatively friendly award routing rules that allowed one stopover and two open jaws on roundtrip award tickets.Those rules are gone now though and have been replaced by the «Excursionist Perk,» which is essentially a free
segment on an international itinerary.
Not exact matches
Here is an
itinerary in business class booked with a combination of domestic
segment on AA and
international segment with Jet Airways.
Elite status has reasonable requirements (15
segments for Silver which gives you a free checked bag
on Delta, 30 for Gold, which gives you lounge access
on international SkyTeam
itineraries), and accruals are fairly generous for premium classes.
First, Delta has done away with stopovers
on awards, which means that any stop greater than 4 hours
on a domestic trip, or 24 hours
on an
international itinerary, will cause the journey to be priced out with an additional
segment.