Complex Multi-City Points Bookings, Stopovers & Adding Segments (Aeroplan 2.0)
Nov 9, 2020, 12:30 pm
#1
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Complex Multi-City Points Bookings, Stopovers & Adding Segments (Aeroplan 2.0)
Multi city booking with points only allows selection of 2 flights. I want to look at YVR-LIS-LHR-YVR. Has anyone figured out how to put that kind of itinerary together on the new site?
Nov 9, 2020, 12:31 pm
#2
Join Date: Apr 2016
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You do Multi city with YVR - LIS, LIS - LHR, then book another tix for LHR - YVR (you can add another stop over if needed)
Nov 9, 2020, 12:43 pm
#3
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Asia is looking dire. Anything involving AC TPAC is >200k in J
Mixed cabin itineraries popping up where 4% is in business (something like EWR-YYZ on a ticket from India), with no ability to filter out
Nov 9, 2020, 12:47 pm
#4
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One way with stopover is not working for the promised 5000 miles - its simply adding the two legs searched.
Asia is looking dire. Anything involving AC TPAC is >200k in J
Mixed cabin itineraries popping up where 4% is in business (something like EWR-YYZ on a ticket from India), with no ability to filter out
Asia is looking dire. Anything involving AC TPAC is >200k in J
Mixed cabin itineraries popping up where 4% is in business (something like EWR-YYZ on a ticket from India), with no ability to filter out
YYZ-HKG for 138K return, again AC metal.
Nov 9, 2020, 12:57 pm
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One way with stopover is not working for the promised 5000 miles - its simply adding the two legs searched.
Asia is looking dire. Anything involving AC TPAC is >200k in J
Mixed cabin itineraries popping up where 4% is in business (something like EWR-YYZ on a ticket from India), with no ability to filter out
Asia is looking dire. Anything involving AC TPAC is >200k in J
Mixed cabin itineraries popping up where 4% is in business (something like EWR-YYZ on a ticket from India), with no ability to filter out
Nov 9, 2020, 3:23 pm
#7
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They all get something, but we don't have nearly enough data points to suggest how much.
Nov 9, 2020, 6:33 pm
#8
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Are stopovers not implemented currently? I am looking at SFO-TYO-SIN, stopover in TYO. This routing is ~8400 miles, all partners, direct ANA flights. It should be 85k (SFO-SIN) + 5k (stopover) but it's pricing as two separate segments of 75k + 45k = 120k?
Using multi-city to search as it seems to be the only way to accomplish this.
Using multi-city to search as it seems to be the only way to accomplish this.
Nov 9, 2020, 6:58 pm
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Join Date: Aug 2011
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Are stopovers not implemented currently? I am looking at SFO-TYO-SIN, stopover in TYO. This routing is ~8400 miles, all partners, direct ANA flights. It should be 85k (SFO-SIN) + 5k (stopover) but it's pricing as two separate segments of 75k + 45k = 120k?
Using multi-city to search as it seems to be the only way to accomplish this.
Using multi-city to search as it seems to be the only way to accomplish this.
Nov 10, 2020, 6:52 am
#10
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I scrolled back a few pages don't see this mentioned. Does anyone know when Multi-cities will be working? So far with points I am only getting a two-leg option for multi-cities and on a one-way itinerary with a stop-over it seems to be charging full points for each leg.
Nov 11, 2020, 8:48 am
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Join Date: Jan 2005
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I called in and asked about adding a stopover in FCO to my YUL ATH booking for next year. I was told that this would be an additional 5K points per ticket to whatever each segment adds up to. The agent stated that adding only 5K points would be amazing but that isn't the way it works. I guess I totally misunderstood this whole new stopover thing.
Nov 11, 2020, 9:08 am
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I called in and asked about adding a stopover in FCO to my YUL ATH booking for next year. I was told that this would be an additional 5K points per ticket to whatever each segment adds up to. The agent stated that adding only 5K points would be amazing but that isn't the way it works. I guess I totally misunderstood this whole new stopover thing.
1. The agent doesn't understand the rules
2. You booked this before the 6th, and thought you would only have to pay 5k to add a stopover, but the whole thing needs to be re-priced under the new rules
It's unclear to me when you booked this from your post.
Nov 11, 2020, 9:23 am
#14
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The agent called her support line and was given the information I stated here.
I booked my flight to ATH online yesterday.
I am hoping the agent was wrong. I'll try calling back in to see if I can get a different agent and result.
Thank you.
I booked my flight to ATH online yesterday.
I am hoping the agent was wrong. I'll try calling back in to see if I can get a different agent and result.
Thank you.
Nov 11, 2020, 9:29 am
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Otherwise, you're paying A-B + B-C + stopover cost. Why not just book two one-ways, A-B and B-C, to save 5k?
Here's my opinion: I'm not even calling to cancel an old booking, because they're learning all this new stuff, and it's not worth my time yet. I'm waiting at least a week before making simple requests. Probably a month before trying to book anything that can't be done online.