does an open-jaw count as a stopover on a OW AAward
Oct 6, 2005 | 8:08 pm
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does an open-jaw count as a stopover on a OW AAward
I'm trying to piece together a last-minute OW award using my AA miles and was wondering if an open-jaw counts as a stopover in either of the airports on both sides of the open-jaw?
I've looked through the very valuable sticky covering OW awards on this forum but couldn't find an exact answer.
For example, consider the following routing (not including valid connections): DFW-SFO-JFK-(stopover in JFK)-CPT-(stopover in CPT)-JFK(open jaw return to DFW).
Does the open jaw include JFK as a stopover (thus invalidating the routing since I already have a JFK stopover)?
Thanks much,
FlyerBeek
I've looked through the very valuable sticky covering OW awards on this forum but couldn't find an exact answer.
For example, consider the following routing (not including valid connections): DFW-SFO-JFK-(stopover in JFK)-CPT-(stopover in CPT)-JFK(open jaw return to DFW).
Does the open jaw include JFK as a stopover (thus invalidating the routing since I already have a JFK stopover)?
Thanks much,
FlyerBeek
Oct 6, 2005 | 10:06 pm
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From Section 4(5) of the sticky:
Originally Posted by Austinrunner
If an itinerary has an open jaw consisting of the originating city and the final city, then no stopover is allowed in the final city earlier in the itinerary. For example, assume the itinerary is as follows:
DFW (start of itinerary) - LAX - SYD - PER - MEL - HKG - LAX (end of itinerary)
No stopover in LAX upon arrival from DFW would be allowed. The one allowed stopover in LAX would occur at the end of the itinerary.
DFW (start of itinerary) - LAX - SYD - PER - MEL - HKG - LAX (end of itinerary)
No stopover in LAX upon arrival from DFW would be allowed. The one allowed stopover in LAX would occur at the end of the itinerary.