  With an extended quark pair creation model we systematically study the
OZI-allowed three body open flavor decays of higher vector charmonium and
bottomonium states. We obtain that the $BB^*\pi$ and $B^*B^*\pi$ partial decay
widths of $\Upsilon(10860)$ are consistent with experiment, and the
corresponding partial decay widths of $\Upsilon(11020)$ can reach up to
2$\sim$3 MeV. Meanwhile the partial widths of $DD^*\pi$ and $D^*D^*\pi$ modes
for most higher vector charmonium states can reach up to several MeV.
