How to book stopovers

[Quickstatus]

Many fare rules allow stopovers. Is there a way of booking a stopover without a travel agent

A fare is $xx_X for ABC-GHI transiting through DEF. How do I book a stopover (>24 hours or several days) in DEF (fare rules allow a stopover)?

Or am I really booking a multi fare multisegment?

Thanks in advance

 

[samh004]

I'll be curious to see the answer, as I recently booked some flights with QR and simply used multi-city to give myself a few days in Doha. The fare didn't seem to change in value and the conditions that I was aiming for did allow stopovers.

 

[Quickstatus]

SYD-NRT via KUL is the same price as SYD-KUL in J. SYD-KUL // KUL-NRT is double SYD-KUL

I want to stopover in KUL on the outbound

MH

 

[samh004]

Perhaps this is a married segment issue?

What are Married Segments?

In airline speak, married segments refers to two (or more) connecting flights that are priced based on the origin and final destination.

www.australianfrequentflyer.com.au

In your case you may need to use a travel agent, but I'm not an expert on this.

 

[Quickstatus]

Yes they are essentially Married segments MS but I want to do a stopover in only one direction while keeping the MS pricing. Sounds like a TA job.

 

[MEL_Traveller]

Yes they are essentially Married segments MS but I want to do a stopover in only one direction while keeping the MS pricing. Sounds like a TA job.

Even a travel agent may not be able to. Depends on the fare rules. Some may only permit a stopover in one direction, or not at all.

When you do the booking for SYD-KUL, is there a tab somewhere with the fare rules?

 

[ftm]

While a TA can do this easily, I believe in the online search space you use a Multi City search. It is still a stopover and has nothing to do with Married Segments if it is >24hrs.

 

[serfty]

Perhaps this is a married segment issue?

It shouldn't be, "Married Segment" issues relate to transits, not stopovers; the latter internationally being > 24 hours which is what the OP is after.

 

[k_sheep]

A fare is $xx_X for ABC-GHI transiting through DEF. How do I book a stopover (>24 hours or several days) in DEF (fare rules allow a stopover)?

.... did anyone else have a moment of trying to figure out what those airport codes were?

 

[trooper]

Sure did! Albacete, Spain...Dezful, Iran..... Awww... nothing for GHI... bummer!