United Airlines
There has apparently been some heated debate in the community about United supposedly changing their routing rules. Due to the fact that I don't have much time for blogs or FT anymore, I stayed out of it. But I was asked to personally comment on the changes and so...
I was pointed to multiple routing rules posted by United, and reported on by bloggers I respect, so I'll tread lightly. But most of these claims seem to go against the epic post I wrote, The New United Stopover and Routing Rules with Pictures , a must read with 296...
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The Caribbean Hopper is a ticket I came up with that touches two Caribbean Islands for the price of one. The idea is that you use your United stopovers to stop in one island, and use your destination in the other... seeing both for as long as you want.
So for 35,000 miles, you could do something like: Home - Aruba (stopover) - Panama City (layover) - Puerto Rico (destination) - Home.
Previously, this was a complicated route, as valid routings were largely unknown. But all...
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It's finally here. This post has some of the most unique and useful tricks for tricking United's pricing system and showcases all of United's stopover rules.
However, the content has been dated and some of the prices have been off since United changed their award chart. But today I've redone the post with current prices and concepts!
While this is a more advanced post, it might be an eye opening read. If you have United miles, know that when making an award booking, you are allowed 1 stopover and 2 open-jaws. We'll see just how far we can...
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"I'm not seeing any availability to Europe on Star Alliance! What should I do?"
Is summer coming up already? Time flies, and in summer so do a ton of people on vacation. This is peak season for most everyone in the travel industry and flight availability can suck.
But here are a few solutions for finding better availability, and making the current availability work.
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