Maximizing airline awards via stopovers, transfers, and open-jaw ticketing

Did you know that when you book award travel, you can make your points go further, much further, by taking advantage of loose airline rules concerning stopovers, transfers, and open-jaws?  When redeeming miles, it is often possible to visit multiple cities, or even book multiple trips for the same number of miles as a single ticket.

Ben Schlappig covers this topic here: http://travelsort.com/blog/maximizing-the-value-of-your-award-ticket-with-stopovers-and-open-jaws

Also, thePointsGuy covers this topic in depth for multiple airlines:

American Airlines: http://thepointsguy.com/2011/06/maximizing-stopovers-transfers-and-open-jaw-ticketing-on-american-airlines-awards/

United Airlines: http://thepointsguy.com/2011/07/maximizing-stopovers-transfers-and-open-jaw-ticketing-on-us-airways-awards-2/

Delta: http://thepointsguy.com/2011/06/maximizing-stopovers-transfers-and-open-jaw-ticketing-on-delta-awards/


US Airways: http://thepointsguy.com/2011/06/maximizing-stopovers-transfers-and-open-jaw-ticketing-on-us-airways-awards/