Unfortunately, American does not allow for stopovers, so if you'd like to visit Hawaii on your way to Fiji or someplace else in the Pacific afterwards, you'd need to book two
separate award flights.
Next up, I made the assumption that we can find our way from Sydney to Auckland on a relatively affordable cash fare, or as
a separate award flight.
Not exact matches
Singapore Airlines has an entirely
separate award chart for
flights on Virgin Atlantic and requires few miles than using your Singapore miles on Star Alliance
flights.
Only after I'd taken note of the availability for each
separate flight did I then string together a multi-city
award on United's website to create the
award as shown above.
As I said, Alaska Airlines has a
separate award chart for each airline so we know that an Emirates First Class
flight is going to come up at 90,000 miles each way.
You must take the next connecting
flight onwards or your
award will be priced as two
separate award tickets, but this can buy you an overnight stop in Fiji before heading onwards.
While it's possible to maximize value further and take advantage of the 10 % Redemption Bonus right away by booking
flights and splitting hotel nights into
separate bookings over the course of a few days, we'd keep things simple in this case by recommending Tiffany's husband apply his bonus toward the taxes and fees on the Alaska
award bookings, wiping out these costs entirely, and having Tiffany apply her bonus toward the total hotel booking at Hotels.com.
Then, the only remaining challenge is the
flight home from Honolulu, which could be paid for or redeemed as a
separate award ticket.
You can speak with Delta via online chat or over the phone and they can add the connecting
flight so you don't have to book
separate awards.
However, if you can find
award space on Virgin Atlantic and a
separate saver level
award for a connecting
flight, there is a way to make this work.
While Singapore Airlines has one
award chart for all Star Alliance partners, it has a
separate one for
flights on Virgin Atlantic.
While you shouldn't be confined to nonstop availability, the agents might not see a connecting
flight and so price it as two
separate awards.
Finally, remember that Singapore has a
separate award chart for itineraries that involve
flights operated by Star Alliance partners.
There is no
separate registration required for this bonus miles offer, and the miles should credit to your account along with the usual miles
awarded for your
flight.
Connecting
flights through Doha to other destinations are considered
separate awards.
Vietnam Airlines has
separate award charts for its own
flights and for
flights on partner airlines, including SkyTeam members.
In the meantime, the airline has two
separate award charts for
flights on SkyTeam carriers: one for travel to Saudi Arabia, and another for the rest of the world.
The MileagePlus program has
separate award charts for United
flights and partner airlines.
While you shouldn't be confined to nonstop availability, the agents might not see a connecting
flight and price it as two
separate awards.
For example, United has an
award chart for booking
awards on United Airlines
flights and a
separate award chart for booking on Star Alliance partners.
Since United went to
separate charts for its own
flights and partner
flights in February 2014, I have lost interest in using United miles for premium cabin
awards on its partners.
ANA has
separate prices for
awards that involve partner airlines, like United or Lufthansa, or
awards that are entirely on ANA's own
flights.
The agents then tell you that you must reserve the AA
flights as a
separate AAnytime
award for 20,000 miles.
I chose Hong Kong to Beijing as the
separate award intentionally because Cathay Pacific and its subsidiary Dragonair are hubbed in Hong Kong, meaning there are short, direct oneworld
flights, which are the ideal Avios
awards.
Then make a
separate reservation with miles for the 3rd ticket, provided there is
award availability on the
flight.
The first Star Alliance carrier on the list is All Nippon Airways and its Mileage Club program, which offers
separate award charts for
flights on ANA metal and
flights on partner airlines.