In practice, United's new
stopover rules allow a free one - way segment to be taken within a single region, but that doesn't necessarily mean you have to take that free segment in the region of your final destination.
Not exact matches
Do: Asia Miles has generous
stopover rules that
allows you up to FIVE
stopovers and 2 open jaws on a round - trip ticket.
US Airways has extremely generous routing
rules and
allows a
stopover along the way, even on a different continent.
It is a member of the Star Alliance and you can use Aeroplan's very relaxed routing
rules — which
allow up to five
stopovers on a «Round the World» fare — along with its massive network of Star Alliance partners to travel across the globe.
Routing
rules are generous, including up to 3
stopovers and one open jaw, and one - way awards are
allowed (though not always the most economical).
American has the strictest routing
rules, which won't
allow you to cross to the third region when you fly between the other two (for example, you can't fly to Asia via Europe), and it doesn't
allow stopovers.
That's because United
rules allows a free
stopover on an award ticket.
According to US Airways» routing
rules, you're
allowed either one
stopover or one open jaw.
United has the most flexible routing
rules,
allowing for a
stopover and two open - jaws on round - trip award tickets.
My favorite
rule is that Alaska Airlines
allows a free
stopover on every one - way award.
Per the
rules, only 2
stopovers, 2 transfers, and 1 open jaw is
allowed.
Alaska doesn't
allow one - way flights at 50 % miles when you redeem for Delta, but instead you can utilize Alaska amazing
stopover rules.
And finally, there are different routing
rules for award tickets — Alaska, for example,
allows a free
stopover in each direction so you can visit three different cities on a single round - trip itinerary.
One
stopover is
allowed on either leg so you can maximize your routing subject to other routing
rules.
They offer some of the best redemption rates on many routes and have flexible routing
rules allowing for one way awards and for
stopovers on those awards, too.
United
rules allow you a free
stopover along the way, so in our example you can stop in Singapore or Seoul, and enjoy two vacations at a price of one.
Alaska also
allows stopovers on one - way flights, so there are lots of ways to make a good deal even better (Alaska partner flight
rules and examples of goosing the
stopover benefit).
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.
The real keys to watch for in 2015 are how easy it continues to be to earn Delta Skymiles, that they continue to
allow close in booking without a $ 75 fee and that
stopover rules which
allow free domestic one ways aren't changed as part of the one way feature of the new program.
So while they don't explicitly say that you are now
allowed to have two
stopovers, the
rules governing the Excursionist Perk make it pretty clear that you can, and United's website is definitely pricing out awards this way.
So it appears that you can actually work in two
stopovers into an itinerary instead of just the one that was
allowed under the previous
rules.
The United MileagePlus program also has generous
stopover and open jaw
rules allowing us to stretch our itinerary across multiple cities in Europe!
The six legs
rule apparently only applies to itineraries with multiple Skyteam partners, with a single partner (in this case Korean Airlines) I am only
allowed 4 legs, and no
stopovers (open jaw is ok).
Not to mention Alaska Airlines» great award routing
rules allow a
stopover on a one - way award.
They never charge fuel surcharges, they
allow free date changes, they have very flexible routing
rules, they
allow one - way awards for half the mileage, they have a short - haul award for 20,000 miles, they
allow for a
stopover and an open - jaw so that you can really maximize an award trip into multiple free trips, they have an around - the - world award to visit tons of cities on one award ticket, and they have dozens of partners to fly on, most of which can be booked on their website.
Lufthansa miles have great
rules for award tickets,
allowing two
stopovers and two open jaws for roundtrip international flights.
Rules: For international, roundtrip award tickets, United
allows two open - jaws and one
stopover (as long as the total number of connections for each direction does not exceed 3.)