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Old Nov 2, 2017, 12:24 am
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jagmeets
 
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Originally Posted by AICML
I just tried to book the following using the online request form and I also got the response that my award exceeds the transfer limit. They state I have 2 transfers in HKG and 2 in JNB. So it sounds like I need to specifically state that I would like to use my stopovers as transfers? The connections in HKG and JNB are less than 24 hours.

JFK-SFO(stopover)-HKG-JNB-CPT(destination)
(open jaw) DUR-JNB-HKG-SFO

Is it better to just call and get this sorted out versus email? I tried to avoid the call centers because of the complaints about how long it takes.
Call will be more effecient imho. Tell them to ticket 2 of them transits as stopovers.

I think that you could always just do a JFK-oSFO-xHKG-oJNB-xHKG-SFO for 175K Asiamiles in business instead of the 190K for the multi-carrier award. The domestic BA segments are cheap enough, and adding BA to the award will make the fuel surcharges quite high in any case.
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