Which airline allows stopover for award ticket?
 

Trying to take the kids from SAN to Washington DC and PHL in April. Is there a way that I can use one awrd ticket to visit both cities. I checked United, it says no stop over for award ticket in the same region. Are there other airlines that allow this? I have enough miles on NW, US, and AA. Thanks.

WJ

AA allows it, but it would have to be booked over the telephone -- it cannot be booked online.

Mike

Since US uses PHL as a hub and DCA as a focus city, you'd probably find the best availability with them for your flight needs. Pre-merger, I know they allowed a free stopover on an award ticket, but I don't know how the rules may have changed with the HP merger.

*A allows stopover for award ticket. But there are also rules depending on the zone. Mostly it is allowed one stopover on the routing forward and one for going back.

When I booked an award ticket with a stopover, I complained about the inherent unfairness of charging a fee for a non-Internet booking when their own programming choices made it impossible to book that ticket over the Internet in the first place. I didn't get the fee waived, but I got a comparable amount of miles. (BTW, with AA at least you can also get an open-jaw ticket if you want to drive from DC to Philly. You can even have one of each on the same ticket, though that wouldn't affect this trip.)