BA Executive Club -Stopover Rule
Apr 7, 2010, 12:34 am
#46
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After recently booking a domestic award (within US), using BA miles on AA metal, i was told that BA only allows one stopover in each direction (not including final destination) for a domestic award. I didn't inquire directly with the agent about international stopover limits.
LIT-MIA (stop)-EYW (final dest. stop) on the outbound, EYW-MIA-ORD (stop)-LIT (final dest. stop) on the inbound.
Cost= 25,000 miles + $10 per r/t ticket
LIT-MIA (stop)-EYW (final dest. stop) on the outbound, EYW-MIA-ORD (stop)-LIT (final dest. stop) on the inbound.
Cost= 25,000 miles + $10 per r/t ticket
Last edited by frankiwa; Apr 7, 2010 at 11:29 am
Apr 14, 2010, 4:07 pm
#47
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Change of plan, we are not going to SA til Sept 2011. Otherwise, i can report my success or failure to squeeze so many cities in 1 award ticket. Hope that BA EC does not change their stopover rule. Too bad that most of SA countries require visa for US citizens, and they are quite expensive for 1-2 day stopovers, and they do add up quite a lot. Otherwise, it will be a lot more fun.
Thanks for all the great advices.
Thanks for all the great advices.
Apr 29, 2010, 4:03 pm
#48
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Would BAEC permit US to South Africa via Asia on a one-parter award (eg SFO-HKG-JNB)?
Looking for two flights, one ticketed by Alaska which explicitly permits this.
But I do know it's about 30% more flown miles than SFO-LHR-JNB and exceeds the MPM for the route (which assumes an Atlantic crossing I believe).
Thanks!
Looking for two flights, one ticketed by Alaska which explicitly permits this.
But I do know it's about 30% more flown miles than SFO-LHR-JNB and exceeds the MPM for the route (which assumes an Atlantic crossing I believe).
Thanks!
Apr 30, 2010, 4:14 pm
#49
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I don't know the answer, but if you can't do this on CX then there isn't a single partner you could do it on. Not sure that argument carries the day, and the BA site is really light on rules related to the single partner award. I'd be interested in what you find out if you try to book this, I'd like to try that one out too if it does work.
Would BAEC permit US to South Africa via Asia on a one-parter award (eg SFO-HKG-JNB)?
Looking for two flights, one ticketed by Alaska which explicitly permits this.
But I do know it's about 30% more flown miles than SFO-LHR-JNB and exceeds the MPM for the route (which assumes an Atlantic crossing I believe).
Thanks!
Looking for two flights, one ticketed by Alaska which explicitly permits this.
But I do know it's about 30% more flown miles than SFO-LHR-JNB and exceeds the MPM for the route (which assumes an Atlantic crossing I believe).
Thanks!
May 2, 2010, 3:05 am
#51
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Slightly off-topic, perhaps, but does anyone know if, when booking a Club World redemption ticket London-Los Angeles-Honolulu and return, the domestic AA segments are booked in First Class (as AA has no Business Class product on this route)?
Would there be any time limit for free stopovers in Los Angeles?
Many thanks.
Would there be any time limit for free stopovers in Los Angeles?
Many thanks.
May 2, 2010, 6:58 am
#53
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May 5, 2010, 2:23 pm
#54
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Only 1 stopover on BA?
I am planning on going to South America this summer and want to maximize BA miles from SFO. I am thinking of doing Easter Island and the routing goes through LIM and SCL, but the agent said they only allow 1 stopover, is this true? I want to stop in both!
May 5, 2010, 4:14 pm
#56
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Is this a recent development? Seems like one poster earlier in the thread was able to do a double stop on a domestic award on AA, then a later poster said only one stop per direction. Maybe they're just clamping down on an already existing (hidden or unpublished?) rule.
May 5, 2010, 4:32 pm
#57
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Is this a recent development? Seems like one poster earlier in the thread was able to do a double stop on a domestic award on AA, then a later poster said only one stop per direction. Maybe they're just clamping down on an already existing (hidden or unpublished?) rule.
May 18, 2010, 2:00 am
#58
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One more question about BAEC awards to SA: for the purpose of stopovers, are all the airlines in the Grupo Lan considered a single airline? E.g., if I wanted to go IPC-SCL-LIM, where the second segment is on Lan Peru, but the first is on Lan Chile, could I stopover in SCL?
May 18, 2010, 3:21 am
#59
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Incidentally the written T&Cs don't seem to prevent multiple stops but do mention direct routing:
13.8. There are no charges for stopovers included in an Award itinerary. Where stopovers are at connecting points on the most direct route between origin and destination.
May 18, 2010, 5:07 pm
#60
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Just a thought...?
Could somebody please confirm a few things about the stop over rules to me please.
Am i correct in saying that i could not include a stop over in Las Vegas en route to LA(or visa versa) as BA fly direct to both. However i could include a stopover in LA en route to Hawaii for the same mileage as this is the standard connection?
However i could not do this using am AMEX 2-4-1 redemption as all flights must be flown on BA(& i also must depart from the UK as opposed to say Switzerland etc).
Am i correct in saying that i could not include a stop over in Las Vegas en route to LA(or visa versa) as BA fly direct to both. However i could include a stopover in LA en route to Hawaii for the same mileage as this is the standard connection?
However i could not do this using am AMEX 2-4-1 redemption as all flights must be flown on BA(& i also must depart from the UK as opposed to say Switzerland etc).
Last edited by pazza2000; May 18, 2010 at 5:10 pm Reason: typo