Two stopovers on one award? Is it possible?
Dec 21, 2002 | 12:49 pm
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by pinniped:
CX would be perfect because AA is where my miles are and LAX is a gateway to a HKG nonstop. The key question is whether they'd consider HNL part of a valid routing and allow me to do a stopover there (i.e., HKG-HNL on CX, HNL-MCI a few days later on AA).</font>
CX would be perfect because AA is where my miles are and LAX is a gateway to a HKG nonstop. The key question is whether they'd consider HNL part of a valid routing and allow me to do a stopover there (i.e., HKG-HNL on CX, HNL-MCI a few days later on AA).</font>
Also check if any OW airline flies Japan-HNL nonstop.
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Dec 21, 2002 | 1:15 pm
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Brendan:
Also check if any OW airline flies Japan-HNL nonstop.
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Also check if any OW airline flies Japan-HNL nonstop.
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Dec 21, 2002 | 6:19 pm
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by mileagerunner:
Why not try to book a 90K biz award from LAX to HKG on AA/JL, using HNL as your gateway city on the outbound and LAX on the return?
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Why not try to book a 90K biz award from LAX to HKG on AA/JL, using HNL as your gateway city on the outbound and LAX on the return?
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That sounds like it would work.
Good suggestion!
Dec 21, 2002 | 7:24 pm
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by mileagerunner:
Why not try to book a 90K biz award from LAX to HKG on AA/JL, using HNL as your gateway city on the outbound and LAX on the return?</font>
Why not try to book a 90K biz award from LAX to HKG on AA/JL, using HNL as your gateway city on the outbound and LAX on the return?</font>
JL won't permit it unless you claim 2 separate awards. JL divides its route areas into "zones" for the purpose of award tickets with AA. Hawaii is in a different "zone" than continental US, therefore you can't count it as the "gateway".
An oneWorld award would make it worse, because CX and QF are the only oneWorld partners in Asia and neither of them fly HNL-HKG.
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