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.
Not exact matches
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.
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.
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rules are gone now though and have been replaced by the «Excursionist Perk,»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.
Airlines have different
stopover rules,
which award bookers know.
They have established a few
rules about
which zones can be combined on a ticket and as long as you are following those
rules, you can
stopover nearly anywhere on your way to anywhere else.
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.
On the negative side, you can't have international
stopovers on American partner awards, and American's routing
rules limit how much you can leverage middle east carriers such as Etihad (and Qatar,
which is joining oneworld) since getting to Europe or Asia would require a separate award.