Originally Posted by
MBS MillionMiler
Let me get this straight on the domestic stopover change...
I fly from the airport that United hates the most--Our first flight of the day isn't until after ~9:30AM, with service only to ORD--getting to ORD around 10AM, 7 days a week
I like to take my family to Hawaii every year on miles. As there are no good connections for us getting to ORD so late in the morning, we always fly to ORD the night before, spend the night, and usually go straight to HNL/OGG around 9AM the next morning.
The way I read this now is that I'll have to cough up an additional 10,000 miles/person (X4) to do it this way? 40,000 extra miles for what we used to get for nothing?
...Or, tell me I'm reading it wrong.
I don't agree with how you're interpreting the rules.
1. domestic stopovers are going away, so really you should be asking if it will be priced as two one-way tickets. your airport - ord and ord-hnl. I don't believe this is the case
2. If you search a one-way far and a valid routing is your airport - ORD - HNL with 22 hours in ORD, that's still just a your airport - HNL ticket. You don't have a stopover under current rules because it's < 24 hours and you don't have an "excursionist perk" under new rules because it's simply a one way ticket your airport - HNL with a layover in ord there's no stopover if it's a valid fare according to normal routing rules which it probably is.