Originally Posted by
FrequentFlyer9000
Hmm, so how do you think you got the stopover in SIT if there is no JNU - SIT - SEA - MSP published fare? Do you think it was a mistake by whoever confirmed your itinerary? Or is there no logic to allowable stopovers that the Delta board denizens know of? I'm trying to find out if there is a hard rule to go by or if there really is no rhyme or reason (intelligible to those not employed by Delta).
I don't think the "published fare" issue is as big as you are making it (just like the "layover" term - see below). Certainly not a mistake in my case of the JNU-SIT-SEA-MSP. It is a matter of the MPM, connection time, and routing.
Is there a published fare that allows a stopover and an open jaw on a domestic ticket? Rarely, unless it is a full Y fare. But both are allowed on domestic award tickets.
If I were to "price" some of my domestic award ticket routings with the intent to purchase them with cash, I am sure they would be a mish-mash of fare bases, i.e. not one published fare from one city to another with a stopover in between.
Originally Posted by
Robert Leach
"Layover" is a term with which I am unfamiliar as it relates to airline rules. There are stopovers and there are connections, but I am personally unfamiliar with the term "layover" -- yet that seems to be a big deal with the OP.
A "layover" is a term you will hear from novices when they describe a connection (e.g., "I had a three hour layover in Atlanta on my way to San Francisco"). I don't think it is anything more than a connection as it relates to airline rules.
I agree with you. If anything, I find "layover" and "stopover" to be identical.
Originally Posted by
javabytes
I understand a connection to be the need to change planes, and a "layover" to be the duration of time you have in between flights when connecting
Well, there are flights with one flight number that don't show a "connection", i.e. a need to change planes. But there is definitely a "connection" needed though it is not advertised as such by the airlines. As Robert Leach said, and you confirmed, the term "layover" is a layman's term, which is why DL uses it as such on their website.