booking one way intl award travel and...
Oct 20, 2014, 2:12 am
#1
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Join Date: Feb 2014
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booking one way intl award travel and...
...maximizing layover time?
any way to do this on united's web site. i travel in crazy ways and often need to have a longer layover than what is available on the website. i have set the number of results to display as 50...anything else i can do? any tricks?
any way to do this on united's web site. i travel in crazy ways and often need to have a longer layover than what is available on the website. i have set the number of results to display as 50...anything else i can do? any tricks?
Oct 20, 2014, 3:53 am
#2
Join Date: Aug 2014
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If you really mean layover (<24 hours on international award), have you tried a "multiple destinations" search? That often prices correctly as a single one-way award, even if you select segments individually.
For example, search for IAD-ZRH and ZRH-FRA separately, and you can then pick flights that give you a full day layover in Zurich. If you choose saver economy for all flights, it should show 30,000 miles on the summary screen. If you just search for a one-way award IAD-FRA, that particular combination probably won't appear in the top 50 results.
For example, search for IAD-ZRH and ZRH-FRA separately, and you can then pick flights that give you a full day layover in Zurich. If you choose saver economy for all flights, it should show 30,000 miles on the summary screen. If you just search for a one-way award IAD-FRA, that particular combination probably won't appear in the top 50 results.
Oct 20, 2014, 8:17 am
#3
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You can always ticket a shorter connection then call to change it.
Oct 20, 2014, 9:19 am
#4
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For example, search for IAD-ZRH and ZRH-FRA separately, and you can then pick flights that give you a full day layover in Zurich. If you choose saver economy for all flights, it should show 30,000 miles on the summary screen. If you just search for a one-way award IAD-FRA, that particular combination probably won't appear in the top 50 results.
IAD-ZRH departing 12/1 (arriving 12/2)
ZRH-FRA departing 12/3
Just make sure your scheduled layover is < 24 hours.
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