Silly Question- One way or return?
Nov 1, 2010 | 5:23 am
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In most cases it's a return trip, the ones for one way travel will be clearly identified as a one way award or whatever.
Upgrades though are usually listed as one way, not round trip.
Upgrades though are usually listed as one way, not round trip.
Nov 1, 2010 | 7:29 am
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Varies from airline to airline, depending mostly on airline policy for one-way awards. Airlines that offer one-way awards, such as AA, usually list the one-way mileage. You need to get two for a round trip. Those that don't usually list the miles for a round trip. A few may list both, if they offer one-way awards for less than the round-trip requirement, but more than half of it.
Nov 1, 2010 | 1:49 pm
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Nov 1, 2010 | 9:31 pm
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For AA:
aa.com gives AA and All-Airline (partner) award requirements for one-way travel.
OneWorld Award mileage requirements are based on total trip mileage. How this breaks down in terms of "one-way" or "round trip" concepts is irrelevant.
Hopefully someone familiar with US can fill in that part for you.
aa.com gives AA and All-Airline (partner) award requirements for one-way travel.
OneWorld Award mileage requirements are based on total trip mileage. How this breaks down in terms of "one-way" or "round trip" concepts is irrelevant.
Hopefully someone familiar with US can fill in that part for you.
Nov 2, 2010 | 1:36 am
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Round trip. (Or, at least I hope so: domestic coach tickets cost 25,000-60,000.)
Surely the experts around here guessed that the confusion was due to having tried to compare AA's chart to somebody else's. (Yes, I know, they're not the only ones.)
Surely the experts around here guessed that the confusion was due to having tried to compare AA's chart to somebody else's. (Yes, I know, they're not the only ones.)
Nov 2, 2010 | 7:09 am
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AA's chart says
ONE-WAY AWARDS ON AMERICAN AIRLINES, AMERICAN EAGLE AND AMERICANCONNECTION
AWARDS MAY BE USED ONE WAY OR COMBINED FOR ROUND-TRIP OR MULTI-CITY TRAVEL
across the top of it (no I'm not shouting, it's in upper case)
US Air says Roundtrip destinations on the top of their chart
ONE-WAY AWARDS ON AMERICAN AIRLINES, AMERICAN EAGLE AND AMERICANCONNECTION
AWARDS MAY BE USED ONE WAY OR COMBINED FOR ROUND-TRIP OR MULTI-CITY TRAVEL
across the top of it (no I'm not shouting, it's in upper case)
US Air says Roundtrip destinations on the top of their chart
Nov 6, 2010 | 8:15 am
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