Round Trip vs One-Way Airfare

I notice at http://www.astanet.com/travel/trav_rights.asp the
following:

Use all, part or none of the segments on any ticket purchased.

Use of a combination of roundtrip tickets, a ticket with a point
beyond the consumer's final destination, or only one leg of a
roundtrip ticket is sometimes necessary to achieve the most economical
travel under an airline's fare structure. Regardless of an airline's
fare restriction policies, and in keeping with the treatment of all
other consumer purchases, a consumer who purchases a ticket buys the
right, but never the obligation, to travel to the points covered by
the fare.

I have a cruise from Alaska back to Vancouver this coming August.
Since round trip air fare from SEA to ANC and back is much less
expensive than a one-way ticket from SEA to ANC, is there anything
wrong in buying the round trip ticket, flying to ANC, and discarding
the rest of the ticket?

Thanks in advance.

On 13 Apr 2004 11:29:41 -0700 (Roy Leggitt) wrote:

:I notice at http://www.astanet.com/travel/trav_rights.asp the
:following:

:Use all, part or none of the segments on any ticket purchased.

:Use of a combination of roundtrip tickets, a ticket with a point
:beyond the consumer's final destination, or only one leg of a
:roundtrip ticket is sometimes necessary to achieve the most economical
:travel under an airline's fare structure. Regardless of an airline's
:fare restriction policies, and in keeping with the treatment of all
:other consumer purchases, a consumer who purchases a ticket buys the
:right, but never the obligation, to travel to the points covered by
:the fare.

While I do not believe that the airlines give much of a ^%$#%$ what ASTA
thinks, I tend to agree with ASTA.

:I have a cruise from Alaska back to Vancouver this coming August.
:Since round trip air fare from SEA to ANC and back is much less
:expensive than a one-way ticket from SEA to ANC, is there anything
:wrong in buying the round trip ticket, flying to ANC, and discarding
:the rest of the ticket?

My opinion? No.

Airlines toadies may tend to disagree.

--
Binyamin Dissen
http://www.dissensoftware.com

"Roy Leggitt" wrote in message
m...
I notice at http://www.astanet.com/travel/trav_rights.asp the
following:

Use all, part or none of the segments on any ticket purchased.

Use of a combination of roundtrip tickets, a ticket with a point
beyond the consumer's final destination, or only one leg of a
roundtrip ticket is sometimes necessary to achieve the most economical
travel under an airline's fare structure. Regardless of an airline's
fare restriction policies, and in keeping with the treatment of all
other consumer purchases, a consumer who purchases a ticket buys the
right, but never the obligation, to travel to the points covered by
the fare.

Yes that's true. However if you don't travel on any part of the ticket the
airline has the right to cancel subsequent parts of the ticket.

I have a cruise from Alaska back to Vancouver this coming August.
Since round trip air fare from SEA to ANC and back is much less
expensive than a one-way ticket from SEA to ANC, is there anything
wrong in buying the round trip ticket, flying to ANC, and discarding
the rest of the ticket?

No. It's standard practice. Even supreme court judges do it!