sfernando
Feb 22, 10, 8:33 am
I just booked four(!) F awards IAD-LHR-IST-FRA-IAD for early July 2010 with a stopover at LHR. IAD-LHR is on UA. LHR-IST is on LH via MUC.
I was initially told that the stopover rule would require flying in or out on BD and that the award could not be issued as valid because BD was not part of my desired itinerary.
After pointing out that BD does not fly direct to either IAD or IST, there was a long wait on hold until I was told a supervisor had approved the booking, and it was indeed confirmed. (There also was a glitch in tax calculation where I was first told that the cost would be $533 per ticket, but then told that it had been reduced to around $150, but that's another story.)
My question is: for US *A bookings, how does the stopover rule work when there's no obvious hub carrier. Some cities that come to mind include Amsterdam or Paris. How does this actually work, and what have other FT'ers booking *A awards through US fared?
I was initially told that the stopover rule would require flying in or out on BD and that the award could not be issued as valid because BD was not part of my desired itinerary.
After pointing out that BD does not fly direct to either IAD or IST, there was a long wait on hold until I was told a supervisor had approved the booking, and it was indeed confirmed. (There also was a glitch in tax calculation where I was first told that the cost would be $533 per ticket, but then told that it had been reduced to around $150, but that's another story.)
My question is: for US *A bookings, how does the stopover rule work when there's no obvious hub carrier. Some cities that come to mind include Amsterdam or Paris. How does this actually work, and what have other FT'ers booking *A awards through US fared?