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For AA's announcement of their new One-Way Flex Awards, see: http://www.aa.com/i18n/amrcorp/newsr...FlexAwards.jsp
For AA's FAQ on the new One-Way Flex Awards, including the new stopover rule, see: http://www.aa.com/aa/i18nForward.do?...award_faqs.jsp
Note that free stopovers have been eliminated as of 8 April 2014, so that portion of this discussion is no longer current.
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For AA's announcement of their new One-Way Flex Awards, see: http://www.aa.com/i18n/amrcorp/newsr...FlexAwards.jsp
For AA's FAQ on the new One-Way Flex Awards, including the new stopover rule, see: http://www.aa.com/aa/i18nForward.do?...award_faqs.jsp
Q: Do one-way awards include any stopovers?
A: Awards between North America and Europe, India, Asia, and Central / South America allow a stopover at the North American gateway. However, other one-way awards do not allow stopovers.
A: Awards between North America and Europe, India, Asia, and Central / South America allow a stopover at the North American gateway. However, other one-way awards do not allow stopovers.
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New One-Way Flex Award / Awards, <NO> Stopover Rule, and Booking Engine (May 9, 2009)
Feb 1, 2014, 1:44 pm
#946
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We need more info to help. What non-hub cities that have non-stop flights from Europe did you try? Remember that free stopovers are only allowed in the international gateway, which means the first place in the US that you enter from Europe.
Feb 1, 2014, 1:46 pm
#947
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I see. I thought the free stopover was good for ANY airport that has AA service. On the bright side, I notice it now includes USAir gateways as well.
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Feb 1, 2014, 1:51 pm
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"Remember that free stopovers are only allowed in the international gateway, which means the first place in the US that you enter from Europe."
Unless you are on a direct (through) flight that continues on to another North American city after the airport of entry. In that case, either city can be the "gateway."
As an example, I think AA used to have a NRT-ORD-BOS flight with a single flight number, so from that flight, one could have a free stopover at either ORD or BOS.
"Remember that free stopovers are only allowed in the international gateway, which means the first place in the US that you enter from Europe."
Unless you are on a direct (through) flight that continues on to another North American city after the airport of entry. In that case, either city can be the "gateway."
As an example, I think AA used to have a NRT-ORD-BOS flight with a single flight number, so from that flight, one could have a free stopover at either ORD or BOS.
Feb 1, 2014, 1:54 pm
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Nope. It must be the North American "gateway."
Note that it is not necessary to fly AA at all to get the free gateway stopover on an AAdvantage award. SCL-JFK on LAN, followed by JFK-YVR on CX months later will also price as a single award.
Originally Posted by MileageManager
I see. I thought the free stopover was good for ANY airport that has AA service. On the bright side, I notice it now includes USAir gateways as well.
Note that it is not necessary to fly AA at all to get the free gateway stopover on an AAdvantage award. SCL-JFK on LAN, followed by JFK-YVR on CX months later will also price as a single award.
Feb 1, 2014, 1:58 pm
#950
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Nope. It must be the North American "gateway."
Note that it is not necessary to fly AA at all to get the free gateway stopover on an AAdvantage award. SCL-JFK on LAN, followed by JFK-YVR on CX months later will also price as a single award.
Nope. It must be the North American "gateway."
Note that it is not necessary to fly AA at all to get the free gateway stopover on an AAdvantage award. SCL-JFK on LAN, followed by JFK-YVR on CX months later will also price as a single award.
Feb 1, 2014, 2:00 pm
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Hmm, interesting route! Will try that off-peak.
It will be much better in Business, if you can spare the 50K miles. 
Originally Posted by MileageManager
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Nope. It must be the North American "gateway."
Note that it is not necessary to fly AA at all to get the free gateway stopover on an AAdvantage award. SCL-JFK on LAN, followed by JFK-YVR on CX months later will also price as a single award.
Nope. It must be the North American "gateway."
Note that it is not necessary to fly AA at all to get the free gateway stopover on an AAdvantage award. SCL-JFK on LAN, followed by JFK-YVR on CX months later will also price as a single award.
Feb 2, 2014, 7:54 am
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Feb 2, 2014, 9:11 am
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It can also be a city served by TN or 9W.
Originally Posted by JPG3392
Feb 2, 2014, 11:35 am
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I love this idea as technically, it's giving you a free one-way on a later date. Was going to use PSP (where I live) as the stopover, but seems I'm forced to use LAX instead.
Feb 2, 2014, 12:32 pm
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Are they?
I want to get Europe-USA1-USA2 for 20K total and trying a non-hub city as "1" and always getting a 12.5K req to continue on to "2". But if I assign MIA or LAX as "1", then I get the wonderful "--" req.
I'm not an AA expert so this is all new to me still. Tips most welcome!
I want to get Europe-USA1-USA2 for 20K total and trying a non-hub city as "1" and always getting a 12.5K req to continue on to "2". But if I assign MIA or LAX as "1", then I get the wonderful "--" req.
I'm not an AA expert so this is all new to me still. Tips most welcome!
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Feb 2, 2014, 9:35 pm
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LAX is closest for PSP (where I live too). I used this strategy on a return from SIN. Routing on CX was SIN-HKG-LAX stop. A few weeks later I went AA LAX-JFK-YYZ. Then returned on a paid one way ticket.
Feb 3, 2014, 12:56 pm
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Nope. It must be the North American "gateway."
Note that it is not necessary to fly AA at all to get the free gateway stopover on an AAdvantage award. SCL-JFK on LAN, followed by JFK-YVR on CX months later will also price as a single award.
Nope. It must be the North American "gateway."
Note that it is not necessary to fly AA at all to get the free gateway stopover on an AAdvantage award. SCL-JFK on LAN, followed by JFK-YVR on CX months later will also price as a single award.
Feb 3, 2014, 1:15 pm
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Is there a cap on the "months later"? How long can one stretch the freebie?
You have one year from the date of original ticketing to complete all travel on the award, regardless of when the first leg of the award is flown.
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Nope. It must be the North American "gateway."
Note that it is not necessary to fly AA at all to get the free gateway stopover on an AAdvantage award. SCL-JFK on LAN, followed by JFK-YVR on CX months later will also price as a single award.
Nope. It must be the North American "gateway."
Note that it is not necessary to fly AA at all to get the free gateway stopover on an AAdvantage award. SCL-JFK on LAN, followed by JFK-YVR on CX months later will also price as a single award.