<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size="2">Originally posted by okay2go:
I think most major airlines allow open-jawed FF awards. The general rule of thumb is that the distance between the two cities that make up the "open" part must be the shortest leg of the itinerary.
Also most airlines will allow you EITHER a stopover or an open jaw on the award.</font>
While this is certainly the policy with DL and US, the creation of an open jaw ticket is solely with the agent's discretion. I flew one on US in 1995 that was DCA-GNV and then GNV to Seattle. That open part was pretty wide open!!
Then I have done some with DL where the open part is obviously the shortest part and had to have extended discussions to get it finalized.
My point. . . there are no computer program edits on this type of ticket.