Costa Rican officials have not only said Mexican cartels are recruiting and training local criminal groups, but also that there is no beach in the country smugglers haven't been able to
use as a stopover point.
I will
use it as a stopover for Mozambique holidays.
Even better,
use that as a stopover and continue your journey to Auckland for just a few thousand miles more.
This town is not well known as a tourist destination itself and often
used as a stopover town.
Not exact matches
Stopovers,
as we know them, are changing in less than 3 weeks, so if this is something you are interested in, you need to
use your United miles to book a ticket before October 6, 2016.
In Britain's case, the government is accused of allowing «
stopovers» for flights to refuel - it names Glasgow Prestwick and Bangor
as two airports
used for such a purpose - but also accuses it of providing intelligence on certain individuals to the CIA.
Beginning in early spring, FWS personnel regulate water flows throughout the refuge to safeguard habitat for the hundreds of thousands of migratory birds that
use the 76,000 - hectare refuge
as a key
stopover and nesting ground.
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stopovers even better with The Platinum Card ® from American Express, and get access to airline lounges around the world,
as well
as a $ 200 airline fee credit you can
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Now, the downside of this is that I couldn't quite get that 2nd trip to price out without violating the ANA
stopover rules — in this case it's complaining that I'm starting in ORD and later
using ORD
as a
stopover.
Another thought: you could
use the United miles to get around in SA — like fly on to Capetown
as part of the award ticket, then open jaw from Durban,
stopover in Joberg on the way home - now you have hit 3 cities and only had to buy a oneway.
As mentioned above, creative
use of
stopovers, flying routes where there is little competition or flying last minute are all good
uses of miles.
To
use a well - worn phrase, Qatar seems to have something for everyone, which is a powerful attribute for a destination looking to expand its appeal
as a
stopover for travelers from the U.S. and elsewhere.
The Alaska Airlines program is great if you are Vancouver and can
use Seattle
as your airport
as you cna really double the value of your miles (ie you get a free
stopover in Seattle on every one - way you book).
The
stopover featuer is best for people living in Vancouver, who are willing to
use SEA
as their airport of choice.
Again
using United's one - way award search tool
as a guide, I began searching not for flights from Auckland to Los Angeles, but rather for flights from Auckland to Honolulu, then for flights from Honolulu to Los Angeles, knowing that Honolulu would be a viable
stopover target on the return journey.
People willing to
use SEA
as their airport of choice can basically double the value of all their Alaska Airlines award travel by booking awards
as one - ways with a
stopover in SEA every time.
Stopovers,
as we know them, are changing in less than 3 weeks, so if this is something you are interested in, you need to
use your United miles to book a ticket before October 6, 2016.
However, since we know that
stopovers are allowed, you could organize the trip
as a series of one - way segments and
use the returning flights later.
In this scenario, you would book a roundtrip ticket from your home airport to any international destination and back to your home airport, which would then be
used as the one allowable
stopover.
Because you're
using Avios you can book a
stopover for
as long
as you want at any connecting city along the way.
The ability to have a
stopover (staying more than 24 hours after you land at your destination) and an open jaw (departing from a different city than the one you flew into) would have helped us out with our trip covering Western Europe,
as we
used budget airlines to get around Europe.
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stopovers even better with The Platinum Card ® from American Express, and get access to airline lounges around the world,
as well
as a $ 200 airline fee credit you can
use on United Airlines!
Instead of hopping on your connecting flight at a connecting point, you can stay at a
stopover point
as long
as you want — depending on how the airline
stopover rules work, of course — and take the time to plan your next move rather than just
using the route taken by the airline.
In our last post on
stopovers, we talked about how to
use United's free
stopovers to see two places in Europe for the same amount of miles
as a roundtrip.
But then after booking, and BEFORE starting the trip, I find alternate segments with no changes to the
stopovers, but now
using lower surcharging carriers such
as Swiss and / or United.
Milenomics had a guest post a few months ago talking about
using stopovers to book multiple different trips
as one «award» on ANA, so the ANA chart is quite liberal with
stopovers and thus does have some
uses.
I have a trip in March in Cathay Business Class
using AS miles and have a 2 day
stopover in HKG on the way to Tokyo...
And when you
use MileagePlus for a roundtrip flight you get the benefit of a free
stopover, which we talk about in detail here, so you could for example get a free flight within New Zealand from Auckland to Christchurch
as part of your ticket.
Or if you have another trip in the future, say to Buenos Aires, you can fly the return nonstop from Honolulu to JFK (on Hawaiian
using AA miles) or nonstop to Newark on United,
stopover in NYC for
as long
as you want, and then go onward to Buenos Aires for up to a year in the future and back to NYC for the same rate
as just flying from NYC to Buenos Aires.
Most people only
use Manila
as a
stopover when heading to the Philippine's provinces or islands.
With that, you could go from the U.S. to Cancun where you can stay
as long
as you want, then on to Lima, Peru for
as long
as you want, then back to the U.S. And that's not even
as complex
as it gets, because in that example we've only
used our allowed
stopover and haven't even gotten into «open - jaws».
That advice goes for basically Australia, Asia and South America
as well — you can
use BA miles to fly on partner airlines short - haul within those countries since many other frequent flyer programs don't allow for more than one
stopover (or any at all in AA's case).