Award Stopover Question

[garybatz]

Hi,

Just after some clarification about booking AAward flights and stopovers. I had thought that for an international award a stopover was anything over 24 hours. I've just been doing some dummy tests on the AA site, flying J from HAM-LHR arriving 19:00, then leaving LHR-MEL the next day at 12:00. Well within the 24 hours, but the AA site is saying 20k points for HAM-LHR plus another 60K points for LHR-MEL.

I've been using the multi-city function. When I try a one-way HAM-MEL it comes out as just the 60K points, going via LHR, but no option to transit overnight and avoid a nasty early morning flight out of HAM. I'd like to have a night's sleep at LHR instead.

Anyone know if I'm either wrong in thinking I can have a stopover <24 hours, or am I doing the booking in the wrong way?

Many thanks

 

[Mattg]

You'll only be able to add a free "stopover" of under 24 hours if it is shown as an option on a through HAM-MEL booking. If you need to use the multi-city facility to "force" the connection in London, it will charge as two separate awards.

I just had a look on the AA website and it will offer overnight connections in London if you just search HAM-MEL as a single booking.

 

[garybatz]

You'll only be able to add a free "stopover" of under 24 hours if it is shown as an option on a through HAM-MEL booking. If you need to use the multi-city facility to "force" the connection in London, it will charge as two separate awards.

I just had a look on the AA website and it will offer overnight connections in London if you just search HAM-MEL as a single booking.

Thanks Mattg, I just tried the same and did get an overnight in LHR. Seems like it depends on what the search throws up as on other dates that option doesn't appear. But question answered