Airlines Offering Free Stopover Travel Awards

April 2012
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[["<strong>Airline<\/strong>","<strong>Alliance<\/strong>","<strong>Mileage Program<\/strong> ","<strong>Stopover in U.S. <\/strong>","<strong>International Stopover<\/strong>","<strong>Allows Both: U.S. and International<\/strong>","<strong>Allows Partner-Award Stopovers<\/strong>","<strong>Credit Card Partner<\/strong>","<strong>Fine Print<\/strong>"],["Air Canada","Star Alliance","Aeroplan","Yes","Yes","No","Yes","Amex, Starwood","For Air Canada flights: One stopover; except between Canada\/Continental U.S. and Asia, Tel Aviv, or Australia"],["Alaska Airlines","None","Mileage Plan","Yes","Yes","No","Yes","Starwood","One stopover unless award travel is solely on Alaska; one enroute stopover in each direction on a round-trip award."],["American","oneworld","AAdvantage","Yes","Yes (oneworld airline award) ","Yes (oneworld airline award) ","Yes","Starwood","American allows one domestic stopover only on international flight award; Up to 7 stops on its \"oneworld airline award\" since miles nare calculated based on flight miles."],["Austrian, Brussels, LOT Polish, Lufthansa, SWISS","Star Alliance","Miles & More","Yes","Yes","Yes","Yes","Starwood","Two stopovers: All awards allow a stopover in each direction to the final destination: Itinerary cannot exceed two connections each way."],["Cathay Pacific","oneworld","Asia Miles","Yes","Yes","Yes","Yes","Starwood","Up to two stopovers on all airline partners nexcept Air China and Iberia. Oneworld multi-carrier awards allow a maximum of five stopovers (based on flight distance)."],["China Southern","Sky Team","Sky Pearl Club","Yes","Yes","No","Yes","Starwood","Stopover is allowed once for SkyTeam award tickets via connecting flights."],["Delta","Sky Team","SkyMiles","Yes","Yes","No","Yes","Amex, Starwood","One stopover."],["Emirates","n\/a","Skywards","No","Yes","No","Yes","Starwood","One stopover; including awards on Korean."],["Japan Airlines","oneworld","JAL Mileage Bank","Yes","Yes","Yes","Yes","Starwood","JAL award: When Japan is the destination one stopover in Japan is permitted; when another country in Asia is the destination two stopovers in Japan are permitted. Oneworld partner awards: Air France, American Airlines, British Airways, Cathay Pacific, China Eastern Ailines, Emirates, Finnair, Iberia, LAN, Qantas, Royal Jordnian allow 2 stopovers. \"oneworld airline award\" allows up to 7 stopovers"],["Korean Airlines","Sky Team","SkyPass","Yes","Yes","Yes","Yes","Chase SP","One stopover is allowed in one direction; with a maximum of two stopovers round-trip for both Korean and partner awards."],["LAN Airlines","oneworld","LANPASS","No","Yes","No","No","Starwood","One stopover."],["Singapore","Star Alliance","KrisFlyer","No","Yes","No","Yes","Amex, Starwood","One stopover on a round-trip saver award for Singapore and Star Alliance partners."],["Thai Airways","Star Alliance","Royal Orchid Plus","No","Yes","No","Yes","Starwood","Star Alliance award: One enroute stopover in each direction; Thai award; International travel allows one stopover in each direction."],["United","Star Alliance","MileagePlus","Yes","Yes","No","Yes","Chase SP Starwood","One stopover."],["US Airways","Star Alliance","Dividend Miles","Yes","No","No","Yes","Starwood","US Airways award: Stopovers are not permitted when travel is within one award region; for international travel you're allowed one stopover at a US Airways gateway: Charlotte, Philadelphia and Phoenix. Partner award: One enroute stopover per itinerary is permitted for select international travel awards."]]