In case it's useful for anybody else, I enquired with MilesPlus customer service whether they will provide complimentary hotel accommodation if they only provide route options with long layovers.
The answer is "no".
This cam about because I'm trying to plan a trip from Sydney to Montreal or Vancouver, and most of their options involve a long layover in Asia. By long I mean more than 10 hours. Routing through US could avoid any long single layover, but has too many stops for my liking.
The answer is "no".
This cam about because I'm trying to plan a trip from Sydney to Montreal or Vancouver, and most of their options involve a long layover in Asia. By long I mean more than 10 hours. Routing through US could avoid any long single layover, but has too many stops for my liking.