<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by gregseattle:
The last flight in p.m. / connecting to the first flight out a.m. on a connecting city is still considered valid for MP tickets and is not considered a stopover. (That is, if there is no later connection in the evening you arrive. Timing is critical)
I'm doing one of these in Dec.
[This message has been edited by gregseattle (edited 05-22-2002).]</font>
I can tell you how to work around this. Suppose you want to fly to London from Boston and get a free NYC stopover on the return. Do this. Book a flight from Boston to NYC to London using your miles and returning only to NYC. Then call back and tell them about 30 minutes later you want to add a NYC to Boston return leg and just specify the date and time. This has been done to give me stopovers for stays of 1-3 days. IF someone says no.. just call back and try again and someone will do it. After the itinerary is confirmed just go to a ticketing office and get a paper ticket and now your ticket is as good as gold.