Star Alliance European Airpass

Ok, I knew the minimum, at least. That’s the kicker. I think it would be pretty challenging to get 10 stopovers in there!

Thanks. Read this, then checked Star website again- it’s (get this) 10 stopovers max, 2 mininum.

I never have but I can explain it to you. First of all, residents of Europe do not apply, just as residents of the U.S. cannot purchase a N. American Star pass. If I was to purchase a roundtrip ticket from the U.S. to Europe, I would tell my Star Alliance agent that I want a Euro pass. I then pay for the segments at the time of the booking, and must specify total number of segments and what they are. The price of each segment is calculated by number of miles, with $65 being the smallest amount, lets say for a segment less than 500 miles, or something. You must have AT LEAST 2 stopovers, that do not include your inbound or outbound city. The stopover must be at least 24 hours in duration. I believe the maximum amount of stopovers is six. Let’s say my inbound city was LHR and my first ‘segment’ was to fly to ATH. I would fly Austrian via VIE and this would count as 2 segments, which would be calculated accordingly, but only 1 stopover, unless I stayed in VIE over 24 hours. If I did, I would then have my 2 stopover once I got to ATH. I would then make my way back to LHR and return to the U.S. Now, you can obviously do more ‘stopovers.’ I simply gave an example of the minimum criteria. You can make changes en route, provided you pay the $75 fee, or whatever it might be, in addition to any changes in segment mileage. That’s kind of a rough sketch. If there are any details that are uncertain, I’d be happy to explain it better. I’ve actually enquired about one of these with UA’s travel agents prior to finalizing my Portugal trip, which is why I’m familiar with it. Price-wise, it’s not too bad. Had this been available 2 years ago when I did what I just described, sans the VIE stopover, it would have saved me money.