Help with Award Booking
#1
Original Poster
Join Date: Jan 2012
Posts: 8
Help with Award Booking
I have been collecting points for a bit and want to make by first Reward Booking.
I want to book a flight from Buffalo(BUF) or Toronto(YYZ) to Zagreb(ZAG).
YYZ seems to have much better availability and I can easily drive there from Buffalo.
I have around 150,000 United Miles and see the following Coach Flight for 30,000 miles.
Would I call United to book the flight?
Is there anyway to book with a stopover, such as DUB -> YYZ (Stop) YYZ -> ZAG that would make sense point wise and then change the DUB -> YYZ to a later date?
This is the flight that shows up in the Rewards Search:
30,000 Miles and $82.80
Depart:
8:10 p.m.
Fri., Apr. 20, 2012
Toronto, ON Canada (YYZ)
Arrive:
10:05 a.m. +1 Day
Sat., Apr. 21, 2012
Munich, Germany (MUC)
Flight Time:
7 hr 55 mn
Flight: AC846
Operated by Air Canada.
Aircraft: Airbus A330-300
Meal: Meal
No Special Meal Offered.
See On-Time Performance
Change Planes. Connect time in Munich, Germany (MUC) is 1 hour 30 minutes.
Depart:
11:35 a.m.
Sat., Apr. 21, 2012
Munich, Germany (MUC)
Arrive:
12:40 p.m.
Sat., Apr. 21, 2012
Zagreb HR (ZAG)
Flight Time:
1 hr 5 mn
Travel Time:
10 hr 30 mn
Flight: LH1712
Operated by Lufthansa Cityline.
Aircraft: Avro RJ85
Meal: Snack or Brunch
No Special Meal Offered.
See On-Time Performance
I want to book a flight from Buffalo(BUF) or Toronto(YYZ) to Zagreb(ZAG).
YYZ seems to have much better availability and I can easily drive there from Buffalo.
I have around 150,000 United Miles and see the following Coach Flight for 30,000 miles.
Would I call United to book the flight?
Is there anyway to book with a stopover, such as DUB -> YYZ (Stop) YYZ -> ZAG that would make sense point wise and then change the DUB -> YYZ to a later date?
This is the flight that shows up in the Rewards Search:
30,000 Miles and $82.80
Depart:
8:10 p.m.
Fri., Apr. 20, 2012
Toronto, ON Canada (YYZ)
Arrive:
10:05 a.m. +1 Day
Sat., Apr. 21, 2012
Munich, Germany (MUC)
Flight Time:
7 hr 55 mn
Flight: AC846
Operated by Air Canada.
Aircraft: Airbus A330-300
Meal: Meal
No Special Meal Offered.
See On-Time Performance
Change Planes. Connect time in Munich, Germany (MUC) is 1 hour 30 minutes.
Depart:
11:35 a.m.
Sat., Apr. 21, 2012
Munich, Germany (MUC)
Arrive:
12:40 p.m.
Sat., Apr. 21, 2012
Zagreb HR (ZAG)
Flight Time:
1 hr 5 mn
Travel Time:
10 hr 30 mn
Flight: LH1712
Operated by Lufthansa Cityline.
Aircraft: Avro RJ85
Meal: Snack or Brunch
No Special Meal Offered.
See On-Time Performance
#2


Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: Stuck on this planet - mainly in STR and LAX
Posts: 5,032
Since your questions are specific for United (each program has different rules for stopovers etc) it is better to ask these questions in the United forum.
And yes: you book thru United.
And yes: you book thru United.
#3

Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: ORD
Programs: nobody
Posts: 1,837
Your 2nd question is not really a stop over, as you can't go back and forth Atlantic ocean. You can book 2 one way reward however. Also, in UACO one-way award don't allow stop over, round trip award allow 1 stop-over or 1 open-jaw.

