Originally Posted by
rankourabu
why wouldnt this be allowed?
AA rules are totally different, and far more restrictive when it comes to stopoevers/regions transited etc.
Originally Posted by
alex_b
Be careful with luggage allowances if making your own way BCN-LON-DUB as you'll likely be more restricted than on the transatlantic legs. You should at least be able to get one segment into or out of LON added to your itinerary, e.g. EI from LHR-DUB and taxes should be the same as any other LHR-DUB flight.
If you do chose to do EWR-IAH, that is completely within the rules for UA awards, you'll just pay the extra $5-10 in taxes.
thank you guys so much! we'll make sure not to have any check in luggage - it's pretty pricey to have check in baggage on both british air and aer lingus! i tried adding on a segment to DUB but we'll probably fly from GLA and aer lingus unfortunately doesn't appear to offer awards on their GLA-DUB flights thru united.
calling now!!
if only i could do
EWR-IAH
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EWR-BCN
DUB-EWR
it would be even more amazing but now i'm just getting greedy
ETA:
transferred to star alliance desk - 20 some minute wait but added on 3rd segment in like 2 minutes! you guys are awesome, thank you so much for letting me know it would be okay to have a stopover in EWR