<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Gaza:
A stopover is defined as a break of more than 24 hours, unless there is not a connecting flight for a longer period. For example:
Assume AA only operate a once weekly ANC-JFK service on a Saturday at 11:00 am. In theory if you arrive in ANC after 11:00 on the Saturday and as the next connecting fliight to JFK is a week away you could stay for a week and it would NOT count as a stopover.
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Technically, there is not a "next-flight rule" on the OWE, but if you can get them to accept allowing the next flight rule, more power to you. The rules clearly state that it's a 24 hour limit, no more, no less.