mfr2000

Does Alaska allow a stopover in continental US on the way to Hawaii?

Thanks

dave1013

Google is one heckuva friend. I found this doing a search, copying the title of your thread and adding the words "Alaska Airlines". And found this seemingly pertinent article from Online Travel Review. Here's the info you seek:

A Recap of Rules for Stopovers on Award Tickets to Hawaii

The whole OTR family is heading off to Hawaii (Brady Bunch style?) in August, and I’ve booked the award on United with a 3-day stopover to visit some friends in Los Angeles on the way back to New York.

The rules about stopovers on award tickets to Hawaii vary pretty significantly for each airline, so I thought I’d recap it here:

ALASKA
Alaska Airlines allows TWO stopovers per roundtrip ticket, or ONE stopover for a one-way ticket (this is true for all of their destinations). This is quite generous, as you’ll see from the other airlines below.

mfr2000

That's awesome. Thank you!!

dave1013

Just note the following added detail (from this page), emphasis mine:

Round-trip itineraries with 2 stopovers, or one-way awards with 1 stopover may only be booked through an Alaska Airlines call center. They are not available online. Call center ticketing fees apply.

mfr2000

Awesome, thank you!

evoG

The website has added a lot of functionality in the past year or so- you may not need to call in and pay. Try your trip as one-ways with stopovers at alaskaair.com first.

Your RT itin with 2 stopovers will have 4 separate legs, search each separately. Once you know what dates have availability, enter them in the multi city search. It should be possible to do online.

mfr2000

I have tried that with all Alaska metal after I found the individual segments, but it did not work for me.

SanDiego1K

This is great information, just what I needed to know. I'm blessed that San Diego is a gateway city for Alaska, so this rule will allow me to fly in from OGG to home, then "bank" a flight to use on a future trip.

Good to know that I need to call.

It would be even better if I could book onine without a fee.

Any more recent reports potentially giving success with online booking?

beckoa

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If you book two one ways online you should have luck. And remember with AS now, if the flight is 60+ days out (as of October 30, 2013) there is no change fees)

Orwaid

Yes, this is a hidden gem in the program.

If you are thinking of using miles for AS travel, I always tell people to wait and book East Coast - Hawaii with a stopover on the west coast.

I had some friends in Portland looking to book a PDX - BOS RT using miles, and I talked them into buying a PDX-BOS fare and using miles for BOS-PDX-LIH with a stopover in PDX.

I suppose the same idea would work on trips to Anchorage

formeraa

FT is always FULL of good tips, Thanks, Orwaid, for sharing that strategy!

BarryAZ

We've done something similar -- we've friends in Portland - so we've routed Phoenix/Portland, stayed with them for a few days, then Portland/Kona for 8 days, the Kona/Portland, stayed two days, and Portland/Phoenix.

We call it a two suitcase trip - one for the Portland winter, one for Hawaii.

Our friends meet us on the return from Kona with our jackets <smile>

Colin

are date changes free if made after having flown the first segment and still 60 days before the departure of the second segment after the stopover on a 1-way award?