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Navigating the travel and miles and points world can be complex, which is why we love to answer your questions – like how to determine the most value for miles/points, searching award availability, and providing advice on stopovers. Today’s reader question is as follows: To me, there is a lot…
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Many frequent flyer programs allow free stopovers, usually on round-trip tickets. There’s a small number of programs that allow you to have a free stopover on a one-way award ticket. United Airlines MileagePlus allows you to have a free stopover on a round-trip award ticket, with some restrictions, of course…
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Revenue or cash tickets have more complex fares than award tickets – this is because award tickets are priced either dynamically or using a “is or isn’t available” model. Revenue fares have a bunch of other factors associated with them, all of which come together to form a final price…
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Success stories in our community highlight that it indeed is possible to fly around the world on miles and points for little-to-none and see so much beauty along the way because after all, our world is beyond gorgeous. Today, I wanted to highlight my personal success story about my recent…
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Mileage tickets can be very powerful – not only are you redeeming miles for a free flight, you can often also include more than one destination for no additional cost. A stopover. Many airlines allow passengers to redeem their miles for an award ticket which features 1 or 2 stopovers…
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The differences between layovers, stopovers, open-jaws, and destinations can sometimes be quite confusing.. .especially if you are just becoming involved in the miles & points hobby. You can often use these four “travel points” to your advantage when redeeming miles. Most mileage programmes allow you to visit multiple cities on…
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