For people who have good size of AA miles

Most of you probably already know it costs 35K to Hawaii from anywhere in Mainland US and Canada.

You may not know that, you can also have a stopover (and an openjaw of course) anywhere in Mainland US AND Peurto Rico!

The stopover does not need to be on a logical route - i.e. you can live in WA or CA, fly to NYC as your stopover, then fly to Hawaii as your destination, then fly back home. Or, you fly to Hawaii as your destination, then from Hawaii fly to NYC as your stopover, then fly home - this is the 35K award. There is another "unpublished" 30K award for originating from CA - that does not allow a stopover.

However, the beauty is you can have the stopover set at San Juan, Peurto Rico.

I at one time had this crazy itinerary booked but never ticketed to travel - MIA/SJU/ORD/OGG/MIA - where SJU (San Juan at Peurto Rico) was the stopover, and OGG (Kahului Airport at Maui) was the destination.

I accidentally discovered this when I talked to AAdvantage agent about what stopovers were allowed with the 35K award, and she said anywhere in Mainland US AND Peurto Rico! My jaw dropped when I heard this. :)

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• Wow! My jaw dropped too. Thanks for sharing!!! -闲得无聊- ♂ (0 bytes) () 12/07/2006 postreply 11:21:11

• would be Cool to do a S. Caribbean cruise than go to Hawaii! -Lvtotravel- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/07/2006 postreply 11:24:51

• That will be nice. Cruise is a hot topic in this forum. -闲得无聊- ♂ (0 bytes) () 12/07/2006 postreply 11:40:40

• My post about PADI & Cruiseline was deleted by editors -Lvtotravel- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/07/2006 postreply 12:35:32

• Why? I enjoy reading ur posts. Btw, what's PADI? -闲得无聊- ♂ (0 bytes) () 12/07/2006 postreply 12:57:08

• PADI stands for The Professional Assn of Diving Instructors -Lvtotravel- ♀ (705 bytes) () 12/07/2006 postreply 14:18:06

• Thanks -闲得无聊- ♂ (0 bytes) () 12/07/2006 postreply 14:31:03

• No, I dont't think so. just saw your PADI post:) -冬梦- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/07/2006 postreply 13:02:03

• Good to know; but don't think I can handle that much -wunderlust- ♀ (186 bytes) () 12/07/2006 postreply 17:11:47

• 回复：For people who have good size of AA miles -zzyzx- ♂ (83 bytes) () 12/07/2006 postreply 19:58:32

• Let's say, I am the expert to stretch the dollar. :) -Lvtotravel- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/07/2006 postreply 20:46:11

• 回复：For people who have good size of AA miles -zzyzx- ♂ (583 bytes) () 12/10/2006 postreply 16:27:43