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millionmiler Jun 15, 2006 7:15 am
Originally Posted by Gardyloo
Maybe if the award goes to/through N. America, but otherwise see post no. 1 here - http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=440733

I was caught on this one a month or two ago. The EXP desk actually booked a Europe-originating award (to Africa) that had a stopover for me; they called back to undo it. Openjaws are okay, stopovers are not.
The stopover rules are perhaps the most complicated issue in AA awards in that they are route and airline specific plus that aspect of the rules is not listed on AA.com. In most cases one international (i.e., outside the US) stopover is allowed for trips starting in NA. In some cases, 2 stopovers are allowed. For many trip starting outside NA no stopovers are allowed.

number_6 Jun 15, 2006 10:53 am
Originally Posted by swdke
...I don't have Qantas mileage, I only signed up for their frequent flyer program to see what awards might be available and hope that I could use AAdvantage miles for such awards. (I am not planning a trip in the near future, I am just trying to plan ahead and learn what options are available for using AAdvantage miles.)
I answered your cross-post in the QF forum; the rules on QFF and AAdvantage are completely different. QFF is always point-to-point, so allows any routing that you want -- but charges you for it, with more miles. 48K on QFF, to be precise, vs. 20K on AA. However no stopover is allowed on the AA award, which can be solved by using 2 awards (or 40K for the desired routing).

These rules change every year, so checking now without plans for travel might be fun but doesn't mean that you will be able to do it when the time comes. Lots of big rule changes in both plans over the past year, maybe more to come.

cowombat Jun 15, 2006 8:06 pm
Originally Posted by UA Fan
Let me see if I understand right: For a 1W award this would be a possible routing SYD-AKL (LA) and AKL-SYD (QF) for 20,000 AA miles. OTOH an AAdvantage award for between SYD-AKL-SYD can be all on QF for 20,000 miles? Is this true and if so then what is the advantage/disadvantage between the two types of awards? Thanks.
Those LAN flights are always heavily booked... I have had several trips to Santiago in J class and have to book well ahead. Frequency of service is going up, but I'd never rely much on getting an FF seat on this service


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