Originally Posted by
GiantCow
I've been doing some research into booking my first Aeroplan RT award and taking advantage of the 2 stopovers allowed but am a little confused by the maximum mileage allowance and validity of (non-direct) routings. I'm planning to fly from SFO to PEK and use the two stopovers in TPE and NRT. However, this is fairly last minute (Feb 2018) so I'm having trouble finding direct flights that work for me. Would the following itinerary be valid?
SFO - SEA (connection)
SEA - TPE (stopover)
TPE - ICN (connection)
ICN - NRT (stopover)
NRT - PEK (destination)
PEK - SFO
There is also a possibility that I'll have to take a non-direct flight from NRT to PEK, so a possibility of another connection in ICN/PVG/etc...
I know I'm within the allowed10 flight segments but not sure if all the connections back and forth around Asia affects the validity? For what it's worth I did all my searching on the Aeroplan site so the routing is what shows up there...
There isn't a 10 segment limit for aeroplan awards.
I think your destination may actually be considered to be TPE, as that's the furthest point from your origin.
If so, I think you may need to re-order some of your stops. TPE-ICN-NRT-PEK-SFO may be pushing the MPM.
Also, you won't be able to connect in ICN for your NRT-PEK segment, as you've already gone through ICN once. You can only pass through each city once per direction (ie. outbound/inbound)