Stopover Rules per Loyalty Program

Reference data for which programs allow stopovers on award redemptions, how many, where, for how long, and at what cost. Sourced primarily from each airline's own award rules pages, cross-checked against Frequent Miler, OMAAT, Travel Miles 101, Prince of Travel, and Upgraded Points.

Data lives in data/stopovers.json. Refresh cadence is 90 days because stopover rules change rarely (much less often than transfer bonuses or program valuations).

What Is a Stopover?

A planned interruption of a journey at a point between origin and destination. The IATA standard definition is:

• More than 24 hours for international itineraries
• More than 4 hours for domestic itineraries (US/Canada)

Each loyalty program defines its own rules within or beyond this baseline. Some programs let you stop for a week. Some let you stop for 365 days. Some don't allow stopovers at all.

The headline value: a free stopover lets you visit two destinations on a single award. Iceland on the way to Europe. Tokyo on the way to Bangkok. Singapore on the way to Sydney.

When to Use This Skill

• User wants to plan a multi-city trip and asks "what's the best program for stopovers?"
• User asks about a specific program's stopover rule (e.g. "does Aeroplan allow stopovers?")
• Building a trip itinerary that could benefit from a free second destination
• Comparing programs for award redemption when stopover flexibility matters
• Identifying the cheapest "free vacation in Iceland" via Icelandair stopover
• Researching JetBlue + Icelandair partner award routings

When NOT to Use