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Dec 17, 2023 · Whether you decide on a short stopover of a few days or choose to spend a week exploring your layover city, ANA’s flexible options make it easy to design a stopover experience that suits your travel plans.
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First let’s discuss some of the important terminology. What’s a stopover, what’s an open jaw, and what’s a connection? These terms mean very different things, so let’s cover those upfront.
With the above basics out of the way, let’s take a look at some of the airline loyalty programs that continue to allow stopovers on award tickets. I’ll list these roughly based on how generous the policies are, starting with the most generous.
There are two other programs that are worth mentioning — British Airways Executive Club and United MileagePlus. While they don’t allow “free” stopovers in the traditional sense, they might be useful for those trying to visit multiple destinations on one trip.
Stopovers can be a great way to stretch your miles & points further. Unfortunately many airline programs have eliminated this opportunity over the years, though there are still some programs that allow this. Personally I think the best options are with Air France-KLM Flying Blue, Alaska Mileage Plan, and Air Canada Aeroplan. Beyond that, I quite ap...
Dec 25, 2013 · ANA Stopover Rules. Only roundtrip (no oneways) 4 stops “No stopovers or ground transportation within the country of origin are permitted on international routes.” In other words, on routes with two or more countries you can not stopover in the home country. So you can’t stopover in Houston on your way to Bogota. Only 1 stopover in each city
May 23, 2023 · You're allowed one stopover on ANA tickets, except for itineraries wholly in Japan. Likewise, you're only allowed a stopover on ANA flights if your itinerary originates outside Japan. Stopovers can either be on your ticket's outbound or inbound leg, and you're allowed an open jaw on both the inbound and outbound leg.
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- Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan. Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan wins so many awards in the hearts of frequent flyers. It has an easy-to-use online award search engine (with the exception of Cathay Pacific and LATAM), and it also has generous “beginner” routing rules!
- Air Canada Aeroplan. We love Air Canada Aeroplan‘s generous routing rules when traveling round-trip with any long-haul itinerary on different continents.
- All Nippon Airways (ANA) Mileage Club. Let’s call ANA Mileage Club‘s routing rules as they are: generous for simple travelers. You might be wondering what differentiates Alaska Airlines from ANA since we used the same “generous for simple travelers” above?
- Asiana Airlines Mileage Club. Asiana Airlines Asiana Club employs 2 region-based award charts: 1 for Asiana flights, and 1 for partner flights. Additionally, Asiana Airlines-operated flights are subject to seasonality, so in a sense, its award redemption scheme is very similar to ANA.
Adding a stopover: On international flights departing outside of Japan, ANA allows one stopover exceeding 24 hours at no extra cost. For example, if you are flying from San Francisco to Sapporo, you can add a 2-day stopover in Tokyo at no extra cost.
Apr 19, 2024 · ANA international awards: No stopovers when your itinerary departs Japan, but you can book stopovers and open-jaw awards when departing from other countries. ANA partner awards: Book one stopover and an open jaw on flights departing any country.
