Using round-trip ticket to go one way - what happens?

[bluecalx]

What happens if you buy a round-trip ticket and only use it one way?
Does the airline have some recourse or do they just hassle you next
time you fly with them?

And, come to think of it, what's the airline's motivation for charging
less for roundtrip tickets than they charge for one-way? I've never
really understood that..

[Not the Karl Orff]

In article >,
bluecalx > wrote:

> What happens if you buy a round-trip ticket and only use it one way?
> Does the airline have some recourse or do they just hassle you next
> time you fly with them?

not likely. If you are concerned, cancel your credit card after you
complete the trip. Also, make sure you ditch just the return segement.
If you don't fly on any segment, all the subsequent ones usually get
cancelled.

> And, come to think of it, what's the airline's motivation for charging
> less for roundtrip tickets than they charge for one-way? I've never
> really understood that..

OWs are generally unrestricted as far as changes go, cheap RTs are
often/usually very restricted.

[Mike Cordelli]

It depends on how you purchased your tickets, if they have the necessary
information to charge you the difference, or you used a travel agency they
could go after it may make a difference. Not really sure they ever have
gone after a person for doing so, but some travel agents have said they have
gotten debit memos when caught.



"bluecalx" > wrote in message
...
> What happens if you buy a round-trip ticket and only use it one way?
> Does the airline have some recourse or do they just hassle you next
> time you fly with them?
>
> And, come to think of it, what's the airline's motivation for charging
> less for roundtrip tickets than they charge for one-way? I've never
> really understood that..

[Peter L]

"bluecalx" > wrote in message
...
> What happens if you buy a round-trip ticket and only use it one way?
> Does the airline have some recourse or do they just hassle you next
> time you fly with them?
>
> And, come to think of it, what's the airline's motivation for charging
> less for roundtrip tickets than they charge for one-way? I've never
> really understood that..

This has been discussed very recently. If you use the first leg of a rt,
and just throw away the return, nothing happens. You can't use just the
return leg of a rt, because if you don't check in for the 1st leg, your
ticket is cancelled.

Also, rt is not less expensive than one way. Unrestricted, refundable rt is
more expensive than one way.

[Timothy J. Lee]

In article >,
bluecalx > wrote:
>And, come to think of it, what's the airline's motivation for charging
>less for roundtrip tickets than they charge for one-way? I've never
>really understood that..

Round trip tickets can be restricted in ways that one way tickets cannot
(e.g. saturday night stay). Some airlines discount restricted tickets
so much that they offer round trip restricted tickets for less than their
least expensive one way tickets (that have fewer restrictions).

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[Mike Cordelli]

Yes it is. If I fly from A to B and back to A for $189 and fly from A to B
for $500, no matter what the class of service is, round trip is less then
one way. They don't sell a one way for under $500, so class of service is
totally moot. Don't care what a unrestricted ticket costs, I want the least
expensive way from A to B, and in many cases it's by purchasing a round trip
ticket.



"Peter L" > wrote in message
...
>
> Also, rt is not less expensive than one way.

[mrtravel]

Mike Cordelli wrote:
> Yes it is. If I fly from A to B and back to A for $189 and fly from A to B
> for $500, no matter what the class of service is, round trip is less then
> one way. They don't sell a one way for under $500, so class of service is
> totally moot. Don't care what a unrestricted ticket costs, I want the least
> expensive way from A to B, and in many cases it's by purchasing a round trip
> ticket.
>

In some markets you can get restricted One Way tickets.

[Peter L]

You have to compare apples with apples not with oranges.

"Mike Cordelli" > wrote in message
...
> Yes it is. If I fly from A to B and back to A for $189 and fly from A to
B
> for $500, no matter what the class of service is, round trip is less then
> one way. They don't sell a one way for under $500, so class of service is
> totally moot. Don't care what a unrestricted ticket costs, I want the
least
> expensive way from A to B, and in many cases it's by purchasing a round
trip
> ticket.
>
>
>
> "Peter L" > wrote in message
> ...
> >
> > Also, rt is not less expensive than one way.
>
>

[DALing]

impossible to collect - while it was necessary to GO, it ISN'T REQUIRED to
RETURN (and they have NO recourse unless they can show that there was INTENT
not to return - and that takes more effort than it's worth)

"Mike Cordelli" > wrote in message
m...
> It depends on how you purchased your tickets, if they have the necessary
> information to charge you the difference, or you used a travel agency they
> could go after it may make a difference. Not really sure they ever have
> gone after a person for doing so, but some travel agents have said they
have
> gotten debit memos when caught.
>
>
>
> "bluecalx" > wrote in message
> ...
> > What happens if you buy a round-trip ticket and only use it one way?
> > Does the airline have some recourse or do they just hassle you next
> > time you fly with them?
> >
> > And, come to think of it, what's the airline's motivation for charging
> > less for roundtrip tickets than they charge for one-way? I've never
> > really understood that..
>
>

[DALing]

the obvious question, though, is why anyone would buy a NON-RESTRICTED RT if
they intended to only use it 1-way?

"Peter L" > wrote in message
...
>
> "bluecalx" > wrote in message
> ...
> > What happens if you buy a round-trip ticket and only use it one way?
> > Does the airline have some recourse or do they just hassle you next
> > time you fly with them?
> >
> > And, come to think of it, what's the airline's motivation for charging
> > less for roundtrip tickets than they charge for one-way? I've never
> > really understood that..
>
> This has been discussed very recently. If you use the first leg of a rt,
> and just throw away the return, nothing happens. You can't use just the
> return leg of a rt, because if you don't check in for the 1st leg, your
> ticket is cancelled.
>
> Also, rt is not less expensive than one way. Unrestricted, refundable rt
is
> more expensive than one way.
>
>

[bluecalx]

On Wed, 24 Sep 2003 10:05:11 -0700, "Peter L" >
wrote:
>This has been discussed very recently. If you use the first leg of a rt,
>and just throw away the return, nothing happens. You can't use just the
>return leg of a rt, because if you don't check in for the 1st leg, your
>ticket is cancelled.

Excellent.

>Also, rt is not less expensive than one way. Unrestricted, refundable rt is
>more expensive than one way.

I'm sure it varies from situation to situation, but for me, round-trip
tickets seem to be far cheaper than one-way. My girlfriend and I are
moving back to the US from the UK at the end of October. Most of the
one-way tickets are about $550-600 while round-trip is more like
$350-400.

[Mike McBain]

"Peter L" > writes:

>"bluecalx" > wrote in message
...
>> What happens if you buy a round-trip ticket and only use it one way?
>> Does the airline have some recourse or do they just hassle you next
>> time you fly with them?
>>
>> And, come to think of it, what's the airline's motivation for charging
>> less for roundtrip tickets than they charge for one-way? I've never
>> really understood that..

This has been discussed many times on this newsgroup. Since September
11, the airlines have consistently applied economic and physical
sanctions against any traveller who does this. Several have found
themselves arrested or at least detained and questioned. A moment's
thought makes it clear why this has to be so. It is a major
security issue and one in which the US government and the airlines
have adopted a co-ordinated approach. Only by continual vigilance
on the part of the major agencies can these people be tracked down
and made to pay for their crimes.

[Jenn]

In article >,
bluecalx > wrote:

> What happens if you buy a round-trip ticket and only use it one way?
> Does the airline have some recourse or do they just hassle you next
> time you fly with them?
>
> And, come to think of it, what's the airline's motivation for charging
> less for roundtrip tickets than they charge for one-way? I've never
> really understood that..

what the traffic will bear -- people who need one way tickets are
basically people who NEED to fly somewhere and so they can hit them up
for unreasonably high rates ---

[Miguel Cruz]

Mike McBain > wrote:
>> "bluecalx" > wrote:
>>> And, come to think of it, what's the airline's motivation for charging
>>> less for roundtrip tickets than they charge for one-way? I've never
>>> really understood that..
>
> This has been discussed many times on this newsgroup. Since September
> 11, the airlines have consistently applied economic and physical
> sanctions against any traveller who does this. Several have found
> themselves arrested or at least detained and questioned. A moment's
> thought makes it clear why this has to be so. It is a major
> security issue and one in which the US government and the airlines
> have adopted a co-ordinated approach. Only by continual vigilance
> on the part of the major agencies can these people be tracked down
> and made to pay for their crimes.

I sure hope you're being sarcastic.

miguel
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[bluecalx]

On Wed, 24 Sep 2003 19:16:29 GMT, (Miguel Cruz) wrote:

>Mike McBain > wrote:
>> This has been discussed many times on this newsgroup. Since September
>> 11, the airlines have consistently applied economic and physical
>> sanctions against any traveller who does this. Several have found
>> themselves arrested or at least detained and questioned. A moment's
>> thought makes it clear why this has to be so. It is a major
>> security issue and one in which the US government and the airlines
>> have adopted a co-ordinated approach. Only by continual vigilance
>> on the part of the major agencies can these people be tracked down
>> and made to pay for their crimes.
>
>I sure hope you're being sarcastic.

It makes sense to me. There must be countless would-be terrorists
who, despite their willingness to die for their cause, just can't
quite bring themselves to pay that extra $200 for one-way tickets.

[mrtravel]

bluecalx wrote:

> On Wed, 24 Sep 2003 19:16:29 GMT, (Miguel Cruz) wrote:
>
>
>>Mike McBain > wrote:
>>
>>>This has been discussed many times on this newsgroup. Since September
>>>11, the airlines have consistently applied economic and physical
>>>sanctions against any traveller who does this. Several have found
>>>themselves arrested or at least detained and questioned. A moment's
>>>thought makes it clear why this has to be so. It is a major
>>>security issue and one in which the US government and the airlines
>>>have adopted a co-ordinated approach. Only by continual vigilance
>>>on the part of the major agencies can these people be tracked down
>>>and made to pay for their crimes.
>>
>>I sure hope you're being sarcastic.
>
>
> It makes sense to me. There must be countless would-be terrorists
> who, despite their willingness to die for their cause, just can't
> quite bring themselves to pay that extra $200 for one-way tickets.

You are correct. Not only that, but the terrorist are always paying cash
for plane tickets, because it isn't possible for them to find a credit
card to charge it to..............
(yes, this is sarcasm)

[BrianM]

bluecalx wrote in message >...
>
>It makes sense to me. There must be countless would-be terrorists
>who, despite their willingness to die for their cause, just can't
>quite bring themselves to pay that extra $200 for one-way tickets.

Doesn't the modern-day hijacker/terrorist fly FC anyway ?

[mrtravel]

BrianM wrote:

> bluecalx wrote in message >...
>
>>It makes sense to me. There must be countless would-be terrorists
>>who, despite their willingness to die for their cause, just can't
>>quite bring themselves to pay that extra $200 for one-way tickets.
>
>
> Doesn't the modern-day hijacker/terrorist fly FC anyway ?
>

Nah, the modern day terrorist flies AF1

[bluecalx]

On Thu, 25 Sep 2003 00:02:30 GMT, mrtravel >
wrote:
>BrianM wrote:
>> Doesn't the modern-day hijacker/terrorist fly FC anyway ?
>>
>
>Nah, the modern day terrorist flies AF1

Time to end the jokes on this thread. You've officially won.

[mrtravel]

bluecalx wrote:
> On Thu, 25 Sep 2003 00:02:30 GMT, mrtravel >
> wrote:
>
>>BrianM wrote:
>>
>>>Doesn't the modern-day hijacker/terrorist fly FC anyway ?
>>>
>>
>>Nah, the modern day terrorist flies AF1
>
>
> Time to end the jokes on this thread. You've officially won.

Thank you Mr. Newsgroup Moderator.

[Bill Cooke]

If the airline gives you a hassle, just tell them you lost the return
ticket and had to make "other arrangements" to get home.

B.C.

[mrtravel]

Bill Cooke wrote:

> If the airline gives you a hassle, just tell them you lost the return
> ticket and had to make "other arrangements" to get home.
>

Kind of hard to do with an E Ticket

[Jim Ley]

On Sun, 28 Sep 2003 02:44:49 GMT, mrtravel >
wrote:

>
>Bill Cooke wrote:
>
>> If the airline gives you a hassle, just tell them you lost the return
>> ticket and had to make "other arrangements" to get home.
>>
>
>Kind of hard to do with an E Ticket

Just tell them you missed a connecting flight/bus etc., and your
insurance got you home direct from another airport.

Jim.