DC-Chicago-Billings,Montana Stopover possibility?
Jul 10, 2014, 10:59 pm
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Indirectly alluded to by UA Insider post in http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/unite...eb-2014-a.html
and again
A stopover is permitted on roundtrip award travel only. One stopover is permitted, unless otherwise noted. Additional mileage may be required for Saver Awards within the continental U.S., Alaska and Canada. For travel booked on or after February 1, 2014, a stopover is permitted only on certain roundtrip itineraries. Additional mileage may be required.
Jul 10, 2014, 11:08 pm
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Prices just go up and up as airlines continue to merge. Delta and United are really my only two choices flying from the east coast. And you can only really get to Billings from SLC, MSP, or DEN.
The Delta flights are way better (esp. if you connect through MSP and you don't have the same weather problems as through SLC or DEN). But there's so little Delta award availability (and it appears practically none to Montana at the saver rate) so those miles aren't really useful, so when looking at flying on award travel, United is sort of the only option.
The Delta flights are way better (esp. if you connect through MSP and you don't have the same weather problems as through SLC or DEN). But there's so little Delta award availability (and it appears practically none to Montana at the saver rate) so those miles aren't really useful, so when looking at flying on award travel, United is sort of the only option.
that is my experience (10K for a domestic RT stopover post Feb 2014)
Indirectly alluded to by UA Insider post in http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/unite...eb-2014-a.html
and again
Indirectly alluded to by UA Insider post in http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/unite...eb-2014-a.html
and again
OP, sounds like you have limited choices. Have you checked out AmTrak? Sometimes they have specials.
Last edited by mkr; Jul 10, 2014 at 11:26 pm
Jul 10, 2014, 11:28 pm
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I think that either the OP needs to spend the extra miles or take F9 out of IAD at $49 o/w a/i + bag fees if the stopover in CHI is needed.
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