azmmza

does AS permit stopovers on award tickets?
if i do the BA First class LAX-BKK via LHR can i stop in LHR for a few days? seams like a great deal for 150K miles

Eastbay1K

You can have a stopover or an open jaw on most (if not all) award tickets.

azmmza

is there a link to the rules?
can you have a stopover & an open jaw?
how many stopovers can i do?
if i did lax-lhr-bkk-syd could i stopover in lhr & bkk?

Eastbay1K

One stopover or one open jaw. No mix no match no multiples no both.

westcoastman

BA's own rules allow both a stopover and an open jaw BUT Alaska is more restrictive with ALL partner awards alowing only one or the other. Sometimes you can work in a forced layover. This is what I do for London since I do not like to spend too much time there since it is too expensive and hard to get around when the tube is not working for an early morning flight. Certainly BKK would be the city where you would want to spend more time. More bang (or Bangkok) for you buck. Traveling between SYD and MEL had been relatively inexpensive and easy last time I did it. The 10K intra-Australia award with AS miles had been the best deal around till they got rid of it.

missydarlin

What type of routing am I allowed on a Partner reservation?

A stopover means stopping in a city en route to or from your final destination. An open jaw is flying into one city and returning from a different city, back to you original city of departure. Stopovers and open jaws are allowed, however the policies vary from airline to airline.
All domestic awards for travel to/from the lower 48 states and Canada allow a round-trip or open-jaw itinerary. Contact the Partner Desk at 1-800-307-6912 for information on open-jaw itinerary routing restrictions.
Both Northwest and Continental airlines require a Saturday night stay on domestic Award reservations.
Policies regarding domestic stopovers vary from airline to airline. Contact the Partner Desk at 1-800-307-6912 for information on stopover itinerary restrictions.

International Awards allow at least one en route stopover and/or an open jaw, but not both on all partner airlines. The stopover must be at a city in the published routing between the city of origin and the final destination.





http://www.alaskaair.com/mileageplan/faqs/PDRes.asp