hoteleksperten

Diamond Club a good way to safe on flights in Central America, i'm planning to visit some of the places... Is it possible to do a one way ticket when all is in zone 3?

LAX - Mexico City - San José - Panama City for 15.000 miles one way?

Or is it required that it's the same airline? Anyone knows the rules?

Guy Betsy

You're only allowed one stopover enroute. And it can be a combination of *A carriers so make sure you check that first.

littlevoices

If you are buying a one-way to this zone beware of starting your return journey in Mexico - BMI have to charge VAT (Value Added Tax / Sales Tax) of some description, which they kindly do on the full retail value of your ticket, which can be £100s of pounds.

You can do one stopover per flight, as such you could do something such as (purely theoretical) LAX-Mexico City (Stopover)-Panama City (end journey) and on the return do Panama City-LAX(Stopover)-San Hose and see the three cities you mention.

However you can't backtrack with BMI and as San José (at least if its the one in California) is 350miles north of LA this (probably, YMMV depending on the call centre agent) isn't going to work in the original order you suggest - you'd either have to start there and do a stopover in LAX (as its going in the right direction), or buy a final separate ticket for San Jose-LAX, unless you can get a direct flight from say Panama to San Jose easily, and then tag the return part to LA and there isn't an easy flight from Panama to LAX.

So yes its possible to see this many cities on star alliance with your bmi miles. Be aware that as some of these routes may be classed as US domestic you will be charged a lot of money for 'F' (2.5x miles) rather than the business miles you may expect with some other carriers for domestic US F, but for the 15k you suggest I think you're thinking of an economy ticket: Be aware these are frequently poor value with BMI due to the level of fuel surcharges they add but for your route it would probably be reasonable value, just make sure you price up a revenue ticket to do the comparison.

NickB

I think the OP probably meant SJO (San Jose, Costa Rica) rather than SJC (San Jose, California). However, I am not aware of any *A carrier flying either MEX-SJO or SJO-PTY so I can't quite see how he would achieve what he proposes.

Jetstreamer

Indeed. Remember that Copa are not *A members, even though they have a very close association with CO.

hoteleksperten

Thank you very much all.

Is there any way to have a stopover in Central America / Caribbean with Star Alliance?

Is it a clear rule of Diamond Club with only one stop over or could the following be possible?: LAX - LAS (5days) - IAH (3days) - ORL?

Many thanks in advance!

rupert_s

Just buy the LAX-LAS ticket - under US$100..and then do your redemption!

hoteleksperten

Thanks, but was more interested in know if it's possible with 2 stopovers on any route one way?

BrianDromey

Only one stopover is available per journey, there is no way around this that I know of, sorry. The only way would be
1) buy two one-ways
2) add a "land" segment to your itinerary and then buy a cheap revenue ticket between these two points.

Brian.

littlevoices

You can do a "transfer" of up to 23hours and 59 minutes, so if just looking for a quick city trip then you can at least get an overnight stay? Realistically BMI is already very generous allowing effectively 2 stopovers in a return journey, anymore would be too excessive

zilliontw

Unfortunately there wasn't a lounge at San Jose Airport when I was there this January. In Santiago, Chile if you fly Air Canada they give you access to AA's Admirals Club!