infrequent flyer question

[Anonymous]

a one way ticket is 450$

a round trip ticket is $360 (???).

I want a one way. Can I book a round trip and then just not take the second trip back?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:a one way ticket is 450$

a round trip ticket is $360 (???).

I want a one way. Can I book a round trip and then just not take the second trip back?

Yes

[Anonymous]

yes of course

[Anonymous]

also where are you going one way? I feel like there is more of a story here....

[Anonymous]

Yes. Some airlines supposedly blacklist you and they have terms of service threatening to either charge you the difference or to revoke millage, but the threats are empty

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:also where are you going one way? I feel like there is more of a story here....

DP. When I last went to Europe, it was cheaper to get a round trip ticket to London and a separate round trip home from Rome than doing both as one purchase or two one ways

[Anonymous]

I will buy one way tix on different airlines depending on the times/$$ of the tix. Also, sometimes I have enough miles for a discount/free 1 way tix on different airlines so I'll use 2 different airlines to leverage my mileage awards.

I don't know that they can really legit get you for flying 1 way anywhere not knowing what your plans are ultimately. They can get you for not using another leg of a multi route itinerary however.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:also where are you going one way? I feel like there is more of a story here....

There's a million reasons why someone would buy a oneway ticket that is not an interesting story. I have driven a long way with a friend to help them move, and flown home. Had to go to a dying family member's side, and didn't know when I would fly back. Etc, etc.

Not to mention using it as a strategy for say doing a mileage award ticket one way on a trip (maybe for business class on an overnight flight), and not having enough miles to get back.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:also where are you going one way? I feel like there is more of a story here....

There's a million reasons why someone would buy a oneway ticket that is not an interesting story. I have driven a long way with a friend to help them move, and flown home. Had to go to a dying family member's side, and didn't know when I would fly back. Etc, etc.

Not to mention using it as a strategy for say doing a mileage award ticket one way on a trip (maybe for business class on an overnight flight), and not having enough miles to get back.

PP asked OP not you. Not everything is about YOU.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I will buy one way tix on different airlines depending on the times/$$ of the tix. Also, sometimes I have enough miles for a discount/free 1 way tix on different airlines so I'll use 2 different airlines to leverage my mileage awards.

I don't know that they can really legit get you for flying 1 way anywhere not knowing what your plans are ultimately. They can get you for not using another leg of a multi route itinerary however.

Yes, not flying the return of a roundtrip is fine. What you can not do is fly say a trip that goes DCA-JFK-BOS as a roundtrip just to New York, because it was cheaper to book it to Boston, and then get off the first flight and not go to Boston. If you do that, your return portion will be cancelled.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I will buy one way tix on different airlines depending on the times/$$ of the tix. Also, sometimes I have enough miles for a discount/free 1 way tix on different airlines so I'll use 2 different airlines to leverage my mileage awards.

I don't know that they can really legit get you for flying 1 way anywhere not knowing what your plans are ultimately. They can get you for not using another leg of a multi route itinerary however.

Yes, not flying the return of a roundtrip is fine. What you can not do is fly say a trip that goes DCA-JFK-BOS as a roundtrip just to New York, because it was cheaper to book it to Boston, and then get off the first flight and not go to Boston. If you do that, your return portion will be cancelled.

Skiplagging is a thing and as long as you don't check luggage, you're probably fine. Airlines don't like it because they have a virtual monopoly over flights into their hubs, so they can over charge for those flights. Adding a leg where they have to price competitively gets you a better deal