Stopover<\/strong>– A stopover could be defined as somewhere along your trip that you get a chance to stop before arriving at your final destination. \u00a0The only example below would be JFK.<\/p>\n American Airlines will allow for only one domestic stopover on an international flight, but they’re rather picky. \u00a0They only allow the stopover to be in the “Gateway City.” \u00a0\u00a0 The Gateway City is the city from which you leave the country. \u00a0Unfortunately this really limits your options. \u00a0For the most part the “Gateways” are:<\/p>\n You’ll have a tough time finding another city serve as a gateway to an international flight. Maybe once the merger with US Airways is complete there will be a few more, but who knows if these rules will change.<\/p>\n 1. \u00a0You’ll want to start by logging on to the AA.com website. \u00a0Check the box that says “Redeem Miles” first. \u00a0Then click on the tiny letters “Refine your search.”<\/p>\n 2. This will bring you to the next page where you’ll see something like this.<\/p>\n You’ll now want to click the “Multi-City” radial at the top of the page. This will bring up a screen like the one shown above. \u00a0You can add in each leg of the flight. \u00a0In this scenario I ran a sample showing a two day stopover in JFK.<\/p>\n In this scenario JFK was my “Gateway Destination,” which allowed for a couple of days in the Big Apple. \u00a0You wouldn’t ever want to spend too long in NYC or you’d get robbed or go broke (which are really similar), so this would be a good way to tack on a quick visit to see a Broadway show or something like that.<\/p>\n 3. \u00a0Now you’ve just got to find award availability.<\/p>\n The quote at the top of the page says, “This international award allows a stopover at New York – NYC for no additional miles…”<\/p>\n Yahoo. \u00a0You’ve done it! \u00a0Now you can book a flight to Europe and include a stopover at one of the destinations and score two vacations in one. \u00a0You should also consider doing a multi-destination like the example above. \u00a0This allows you to maximize your vacation by seeing a number of locations in one trip. That’s what we call shooting with a shotgun!<\/p>\n Have you ever used a multi-destination or stopover award? What was your experience? \u00a0Would you recommend it to others?<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Looking at booking an award ticket with American Airlines? \u00a0Check out this post to learn how to Book a stopover with American Airlines. Let’s just review a few key terms that you’ll need to understand before we hit the meat … Continue reading ![\"Stopover](\"https:\/\/worldwanderlusting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Picture-15.png\")
<\/a><\/p>\nAmerican Airlines Stopover Rule<\/h2>\n
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Booking an American Airlines Stopover<\/h2>\n
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