United announced a little while back they would be making a change the MileagePlus program to severely limit
stopovers on round trip award tickets.
You are also allowed to make one stopover on your one - way awards ticket, or two
stopovers on a round trip ticket.
Booking a round trip can be an advantage because you are allowed to make one
stopover on a round trip itinerary.
This is because United has a competitive award chart for economy flights, offers a free
stopover on round trip international flights, and has no fuel surcharges.
Not exact matches
Two
stopovers are permitted
on round -
trip awards, which can really help you stretch the value of your miles.
Hot Tip: Up to 3 additional
stopovers may be purchased for $ 100 each
on Singapore, Silk Air, and Star Alliance
round -
trip awards.
Korean Air's SKYPASS program is a great option for transferring your Chase Ultimate Rewards, especially if you are able to make use of a
stopover and / or open jaw
on a
round -
trip ticket.
If you book a
round -
trip ticket, you'll be able to make a
stopover on another island without paying more miles!
Just keep in mind that Korean Air will allow you to book 1
stopover on one - way bookings and 2
stopovers on round -
trip bookings as well as an open jaw.
Starwood transfer partners include many lesser known airline programs which can be very useful, like Lufthansa's Miles and More program which allows 2
stopovers on a
round -
trip award.
Do: Asia Miles has generous
stopover rules that allows you up to FIVE
stopovers and 2 open jaws
on a
round -
trip ticket.
When booking from the OneWorld chart, you are allowed 4
stopovers and 2 open jaws
on a
round -
trip booking.
Two
stopovers are permitted
on round -
trip awards, which can really help you stretch the value of your miles.
Alaska Airlines allows a free
stopover on most one - way awards, even within the United States, and two
stopovers on round -
trip awards.
Singapore Airlines offers the ability to book a
stopover at no additional cost
on a
round -
trip ticket and $ 100
on a one - way ticket.
WOW's
stopover option allows a free
stopover in Iceland
on round -
trip tickets between North America and Europe.
United Airlines, Air Canada, and ANA each allow
stopovers on round -
trip award bookings, so you'll have plenty of options.
However, you are permitted to connect in Australia
on the way to Fiji, and remember that
round trip awards include a complimentary
stopover.
Even better, you get a free
stopover on a one - way, or 2
on a
round -
trip booking!
Having said that, Air Canada has one great feature — you can get up to two free
stopovers and one open jaw
on a
round -
trip award flight.
United still allows
stopovers, but only
on round -
trip tickets.
Here's an easy example of how United's
stopover (stays of more than 24 hours)
on round -
trip bookings can help you see two destinations: Fly to Panama City, spend several days relaxing (
stopover), fly to El Salvador for a few more days before returning home.
United allows for a
stopover on round -
trip award bookings.
For example, United Airlines has very generous award chart that permits a free
stopover on all international
round -
trip awards, but its MileagePlus program will sometimes charge twice as many miles for partner awards vs. an award
on its own planes.
According to the ANA routing rules, you can book one
stopover on each
round -
trip award.
Korean Air's SKYPASS program is a great option for transferring your Chase Ultimate Rewards, especially if you are able to make use of a
stopover and / or open jaw
on a
round -
trip ticket.
If you are using the Cathay chart, you are allowed to fly Cathay Pacific, Dragon Air, and one other partner, and you can make 2
stopovers on a
round -
trip booking or 1
stopover on a one - way booking.
One of the most amazing things about the Asia Miles award program is the ability to make 4
stopovers on a
round -
trip award.
When booking from the OneWorld chart, you are allowed 4
stopovers and 2 open jaws
on a
round -
trip booking.
There are airlines that allow up to two
stopovers on a
round -
trip ticket, like Alaska or Air Canada.
Use if: Singapore Airlines allows one free
stopover on a
round -
trip Saver flight (or 2 free
on a Standard Award flight), which will allow you to visit a new destination.
Add in a free
stopover (
on round -
trip tickets only), and you can easily visit a couple cities for the price of one.
You do have to book
round -
trip tickets with ANA miles, but you can add 3
stopovers on your flight, and a
round -
trip ticket to Europe in economy is only 55,000 miles.
You can also enjoy one
stopover up to six months long
on United through international
round -
trip awards, but the
stopover and destination must be in the same region.
You are allowed two free
stopovers and two open jaws
on a
round -
trip award ticket.
I discussed several ways you could put these miles to good use in my presentation
on Alaska Airlines for Frequent Traveler University, including
round -
trip from Seattle to Johannesburg, with a
stopover in Hong Kong, for just 140,000 miles in first class.
Asia Miles gives a huge incentive to customers by offering up to four
stopovers on a
round -
trip award ticket.
United has the most flexible routing rules, allowing for a
stopover and two open - jaws
on round -
trip award tickets.
The flexibility of a
stopover (staying at a destination more than 24 hours after landing en route to another destination)
on a one - way international award (2 total for
round -
trip flights), 2 open - jaws (departing from a different city than the one you landed in), and Starwood Preferred Guest and Alaska credit cards to generate points and miles would be the first option I would consider.
Previously, you could book a flight from the U.S. to Japan with a
stopover in Europe
on a
round -
trip ticket.
Star Alliance — no
stopover on one - way awards; complimentary
stopover on;
round -
trips awards; up to (3) additional
stopovers for $ 100 each
KrisFlyer's free
stopover on a
round -
trip gives it an edge.
United miles are among the most valuable of the big three carriers (United, Delta, and American) because the airline doesn't collect fuel surcharges
on any award tickets and because it allows a free
stopover on round -
trip tickets.
I can also include a free
stopover on round -
trip itineraries and put an open jaw at either end, making it easier to visit multiple cities
on the same award ticket.
United Airlines has long offered its customers one free
stopover on round -
trip award tickets for international travel.
Since Delta's own website says all
round -
trip bookings are allowed one
stopover (a period of more than 24 hours at an intermediate city
on the way to or from either the start or destination city), I explained that we'd like to
stopover there for 4 days before continuing back to Santiago.
United allows one
stopover if you book a
round -
trip award, and Alaska allows one
stopover on one - way awards (so a
round -
trip would mean two
stopovers).
I just wrote a post
on booking airfare
on Aeroplan (a transfer partner of Membership Rewards) and showed how you can redeem points
on a
round trip from the U.S. to Paris in business class with
stopovers in Geneva and Brussels, with a redemption rate of over 10 cents per point.
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.
Previously, you could book award tickets with Flying Blue miles and build in a
stopover on round -
trip bookings.