(Try booking an award
with stopovers using the multi-city search function.)
Not exact matches
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In general, I do not recommend searching for complex itineraries that include open jaws or
stopovers using the Aeroplan website unless you also plan to book
with Aeroplan.
That cuts both ways, for the 2x OJ and a
stopover with UA there's a rule somewhere that the
stopover can't be in your origin city if you
use the OJ.
The concept in question is to make
use of the
stopover feature combined
with Aeroplan's lax routing rules.
Based on this check, it looks like
using the award flight to travel from Chicago to Istanbul, then from Antalya home through Luxembourg
with the one allowed
stopover, is the best option.
I just
used AA miles to book travel back from TPE
with a
stopover in HNL.
Because we're taking advantage of United's open jaw rules and want to
use our one possible
stopover in Tokyo, it makes far more sense to find our own way to Ho Chi Minh than to
use the
stopover in Bangkok
with a terminal destination of Ho Chi Minh.
Bottom Line: Utilize the 10 % discount,
stopovers, and Oneworld alliance to really get value from
using the Chase British Airways Visa Signature ® Card and flying
with British Airways.
Amol has provided some great examples of combining multiple one - way awards
with stopovers to effectively create round - trip tickets while
using fewer miles.
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.
You'll find lots of tips and hacks to not only save money, but also to take advantage of free
stopovers and other lesser - known tricks,
with advice on which programs to
use for your desired flight itineraries and destinations.
With some advanced planning
using our suggestions below, this can be a good
stopover point between Princeville Resort and Poipu Beach.
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.
Just today, Lucky posted about booking one - way awards
with stopovers on Emirates
using Alaska miles online!
It will depart from Jakarta
using Boeing 737 - 800 NG at 12:55 p.m. and arrive in Mumbai at 8:30 p.m. local time
with a
stopover in Bangkok.
Inclusion: + Two nights stay at Deluxe Window Room inclusive daily buffet breakfast from 6.30 — 10.00 am at Red Bean Restaurant + One way airport pick up or drop off service + 01 special Vietnamese Set Menu for 02 at Red Bean restaurant + FREE Wired & Wireless internet access + Welcome drinks & refresh towels + Free
using bicycles subject availability + Free shuttle bus to the beach
with stopover at the old town.
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.
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
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And I'm not
using the word «extensively» lightly, since United is pretty liberal
with where a
stopover can be placed.
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.
@Accountingyourpoints Actually, I have to agree
with Ben since when I tried book a
stopover on inter-Asia trip on Cathay
using Alaska miles, the system wouldn't let me do it.
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.
The language «departing from Japan and overseas» might mean that you can
use a
stopover with a trip originating in Japan OR for a trip originating somewhere overseas.
Inclusion: — Two night stay at Veranda Suite Pool View (free in - room sauna and herbal bath)
with Kingbed & pool view, inclusive daily buffet breakfast from 6.30 — 10.00 am at The Temple Restaurant — One way airport transfers from / to Da Nang International airport — 2 Spa coupons value for Swedish Massage 60 minutes — FREE Wired & Wireless internet access — Welcome drinks & refresh towels — Free
using bicycles subject availability — Free shuttle bus to the beach
with stopover at the old town.
For example, if you book a flight on an Air Canada plane from New York to London
with a
stopover in Barcelona and you
use your United Miles, you won't pay any fuel surcharges.
Any other
use for which Singapore miles are valuable (like United flights to Europe, Singapore Suites, and awards to South America
with a few
stopovers) can also be leveraged by getting multiple credit cards from all the transferable points programs.
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».
My main gripes
with the new program: 1) The award pricing is now by sector, thus eliminating free connections and
stopovers, which
used to be a huge perk of Executive Club.
Last month Michelle had a
stopover in Seoul, South Korea and focused on talking
with men about their
use of sex workers.