Originally Posted by jeffnoone

I have questions about using stopovers on a single journey from Asia back to Canada. This will likely be in April of next year and would hope to be booking J flights at least transpacific. So in April next year, planning to either be in Hong Kong or Japan, but need to transit back through Taipei and stay there for at least a week. Hoping to use alternate carriers throughout (EVA/ANA).

If I am booking a stopover, does this have to be booked as a stopover from the very beginning, or would it be possible to book Japan-Taipei-Vancouver or HKG-TPE-YVR as a single non-stopover flight, and then call in and adjust just the first leg from Japan/HKG to Taipei? Or just book TPE-YVR now, and call in in the future to add the first step and have it designated stopocver?

You can call it and change it into a stopover, just book one leg now and then add the other later, or call the stopover from the beginning. All should work. Just keep in mind that if you have ANY AC flights, any changes to individual legs may reprice the whole trip.

Is it possible to use the multi city booking option on Aeroplan for this? When I try it it seems to add the 2 miles and taxes together.

have to call in.

It looks to me like the appropriate option is to call in when both of these flights are available and designate the journey as a stopover journey from the beginning. Is that correct? No online option that minimizes taxes/miles?

have to call in. Doesn't have to be a stopover from the beginning - you can make a regular booking online and call in later to convert it to a stopover journey - but anything involving stopovers requires a call.

Once I have made a legitimate stopover booking, I can then move the two parts around individually if necessary?

yep.

If J status is achieved transpacific, but other booking is not on the stopover flight (economy), do I have J status on the first part (economy) booking?

not sure what you mean by J status - do you mean a mixed-class booking? If you're on a mixed-class booking (e.g. Y-flight followed by J-flight) you do NOT get lounge access before your Y-flight, if that's the question.

With TPE currently still with 2 weeks quarantine (and no tourists), will this mean I cannot call in and make the booking)? I believe this is the current rule, but hear it will change

You should be able to call in and make the booking, as long as the flights exist.

Thanks for any help
Jeff