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Open jaws and Stopovers
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  • When you travel on a WorldPerks® award ticket in some travel regions, your travel may include one legal open-jaw or one en route stopover per roundtrip journey.
  • An open jaw is when you travel to one city and return from another, or vice versa; for example, flying from Boston to Billings and returning from Denver to Boston. In this example, the open-jaw segment is Billings to Denver. Both flight segments must be of a greater distance than the non-flight (open-jaw) segment. If the open-jaw portion exceeds the maximum permitted mileage, two roundtrip award levels are required.
  • A stopover is a planned break of more than 24 hours on an international trip or four hours on a domestic trip between your point of origin and your destination or vice versa. One en route stopover and a legal open-jaw are permitted per roundtrip for international itineraries. Stopovers are permitted only in Northwest and partner hubs. Stopovers are not permitted for travel within Asia Pacific/Micronesia, or within/between the United States, Alaska, Canada, Central America, Mexico, the Caribbean and Puerto Rico. Travel must be via a published route and must not exceed the maximum mileage permitted.
  • Northwest offers the option of booking circle trip award tickets for travel within the continental United States, and between the continental United States and Alaska and Canada. This option allows for a total of two stopovers within a round trip award ticket itinerary and will be priced based on the equivalent of three one-way journeys. To qualify for circle trip pricing, all segments must be booked within a single itinerary. For example, a member may now fly from Minneapolis to Boston, with a stop in Boston, from Boston to Memphis, with a stop in Memphis, and return from Memphis to Minneapolis on a coach PerkSaverSM Award in a single itinerary for 37,500 miles.