ANZEIGE
United hat gestern die Regeln für die Prämienflüge im Mileage Plus Programm geändert - und zwar durchweg positiv.
Hier die vollständigen Regeln auf Englisch:
- Neben dem Round-Trip und One-Way sowie einfachem Gabelflug sind nun auch doppelte Gabelflüge erlaubt.
- Ein Stopover ist nun auch auf Gabelflügen erlaubt. Ausnahme: One-Way-Awards und Flüge innerhalb einer Award-Region
- Die Award-Tickets können unabhängig von den vorherrschenden Regeln für Gabelflüge bei Bezahl-Tickets gebucht werden. Nur gültige Routings müssen ggf. eingehalten werden
- Die geflogene Meilenzahl darf nun bis zu 15% über den in den IATA-Tabellen publizierten MPM-Werten liegen (vormals: 5%). Dies ermöglicht wesentlich flexibilere Umsteigeverbindungen.
Hier die vollständigen Regeln auf Englisch:
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UPDATED: 10FEB11
S*R.A PERMITTED ITINERARY TYPES (RT/OW/LEGAL SOJ/RTW)
S*R.B STEPS TO VALIDATE ROUTING FOR ONE AWARD
S*R.C STOPOVERS
---PERMITTED ITINERARY TYPES---------------------------
THE FOLLOWING ITINERARY TYPES ARE PERMITTED FOR ONE
AWARD:
- ROUND TRIP (RT)
- ONE WAY (OW)
- SINGLE OPEN JAW (SOJ)
- DOUBLE OPEN JAW (DOJ)
- AWARD TRAVEL DOES NOT NEED TO FOLLOW LEGAL OPEN JAW LOGIC.
- GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS MAY REQUIRE TRAVEL TO START / END
IN THE SAME COUNTRY (CHECK TIMATIC).
- ROUND-THE-WORLD (RTW):
- RTW ROUTING IS DEFINED AS ONE PACIFIC AND ONE ATLANTIC
CROSSING.
- SEE S*MPI/STAR RTW
THE FOLLOWING ITINERARY TYPES REQUIRE MULTIPLE AWARDS:
- CIRCLE PACIFIC (ONE NORTH PACIFIC AND ONE SOUTH
PACIFIC CROSSING)
- SIDE ROUND TRIP (CONNECTING THROUGH SAME CITY TWICE
IN ONE DIRECTION OF TRAVEL)
---STEPS TO VALIDATE ROUTING FOR ONE AWARD-------------
- OUTBOUND AND RETURN ROUTINGS MUST BE VALIDATED.
- MPM PLUS 15 PERCENT IS ALLOWED ON ALL AWARDS.
STEPS TO VALIDATE ROUTING:
- ACCESS -MILEAGE INFORMATION- MENU
- ENTER ALL CITIES IN ONE DIRECTION OF TRAVEL FROM
ORIGIN TO DESTINATION. INCLUDE ALL CONNECTION/
STOPOVER POINTS. DO *NOT* ACTIVATE -SHORT DISPLAY-.
- REVIEW MILEAGE INFORMATION TABLE COMPARING
CUM (CUMULATIVE TICKETED POINT MILES) TO MPM (MAXIMUM
PERMITTED MILES). CHECK BOTTOM OF -LVL- (LEVEL)
COLUMN TO DETERMINE IF CUM IS GREATER THAN MPM:
M CUM DOES NOT EXCEED MPM
5M CUM EXCEEDS MPM BY 5 PERCENT
10M CUM EXCEEDS MPM BY 10 PERCENT
15M CUM EXCEEDS MPM BY 15 PERCENT
20M CUM EXCEEDS MPM BY 20 PERCENT
25M CUM EXCEEDS MPM BY 25 PERCENT
EXC CUM EXCEEDS MPM BY OVER 25 PERCENT
*AWARD TRAVEL IS VALID UP TO 15M.
---STOPOVERS------------------------------------------
- ONE ENROUTE STOPOVER PERMITTED ON ROUNDTRIP OR OPEN JAW
ITINERARY BETWEEN TWO AWARD REGIONS
- STOPOVER NOT PERMITTED ON ONE-WAY AWARD OR WHEN TRAVEL
IS WHOLLY WITHIN THE SAME GEOGRAPHIC REGION.
- STOPOVER CAN BE IN THIRD REGION IF IT*S NOT OVER THE
MPM PLUS 15 PERCENT. *MUST USE HIGHEST MILEAGE* AWARD
IF OVER THE ALLOWED MPM.
- TRAVEL WITHIN U.S. 50 STATES / CANADA / PUERTO RICO / U.S.
VIRGIN ISLANDS: TRANSFER BETWEEN TWO FLIGHTS MUST BE
WIHTIN 4 HOURS. TRANSFER EXCEEDING 4 HOURS IS A STOPOVER.
- ALL OTHER INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL: TRANSFER BETWEEN TWO
FLIGHTS MUST BE WITHIN 24 HOURS. TRANSFER EXCEEDING
24 HOURS IS A STOPOVER.
- STOPOVER NOT PERMITTED FOR THE FOLLOWING:
- ONE-WAY
- TRAVEL WITHIN ONE AWARD REGION