Which airline allows stopover for award ticket?
Mar 6, 2007 | 10:43 pm
#1
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Location: San Diego, CA. US
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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
WJ
Mar 6, 2007 | 11:43 pm
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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.
Mar 7, 2007 | 6:16 am
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*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.
Mar 7, 2007 | 6:17 am
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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.)