Stopover Rules
Nov 5, 2009 | 10:18 pm
#1
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Stopover Rules
Hi Guys,
Can you please tell me which (if any) of these is allowed? Just got an agent who was totally unsure and whose supervisor kept changing his/her mind.
1) LAX-ZRH-CDG//NCE-ZRH-NBO(turnaround)-ZRH-LAX
So destination NBO. US-Africa Award. Stopover at CDG. One open jaw. Looks legal to me.
2) LAX-ZRH-CDG(stopover)-ZRH-NBO(turnaround)-ZRH-LAX
3) LAX-ZRH(stopover)-NBO(turnaround)-ZRH-LAX
I figure all three should be legal (though #1 is dubious) and should be 145k per person. The agent said only 3 was legal. I'm convinced 2 is legal, and I also think that the new interpretation of the stopover rules since entry into Star makes #1 legal as well.
Does anyone know for sure?
Cheers,
Steven
Can you please tell me which (if any) of these is allowed? Just got an agent who was totally unsure and whose supervisor kept changing his/her mind.
1) LAX-ZRH-CDG//NCE-ZRH-NBO(turnaround)-ZRH-LAX
So destination NBO. US-Africa Award. Stopover at CDG. One open jaw. Looks legal to me.
2) LAX-ZRH-CDG(stopover)-ZRH-NBO(turnaround)-ZRH-LAX
3) LAX-ZRH(stopover)-NBO(turnaround)-ZRH-LAX
I figure all three should be legal (though #1 is dubious) and should be 145k per person. The agent said only 3 was legal. I'm convinced 2 is legal, and I also think that the new interpretation of the stopover rules since entry into Star makes #1 legal as well.
Does anyone know for sure?
Cheers,
Steven
Nov 5, 2009 | 10:32 pm
#2
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Stopovers are supposed to be along the most direct route.
So with a strict interpretation of the rule, #3 is probably the only correct one.
So with a strict interpretation of the rule, #3 is probably the only correct one.
Nov 5, 2009 | 10:39 pm
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I think the issue with the first two is backtracking to the same city (ZRH). If you just did cdg-nbo it should work. IME the backtrack to the same city kills it ... paid routings as well.
