Composing flights

Hello

Does anyone know a good tool for putting together
round trips?
I'm planning a trip, where I need to go X-Y-Z-X.
There are no direct flights btw X and Y, nor btw Y and Z.
Also, I would to get return tickets rather than one-way,
since that is usually cheaper. So the plan would
be X-H-Y-H-Z-H-X.
The question is now, how to find a suitable H?
Are there any nice online tools that can help
with that sort of thing?

Best,
K

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Hello

Does anyone know a good tool for putting together
round trips?
I'm planning a trip, where I need to go X-Y-Z-X.
There are no direct flights btw X and Y, nor btw Y and Z.
Also, I would to get return tickets rather than one-way,
since that is usually cheaper. So the plan would
be X-H-Y-H-Z-H-X.
The question is now, how to find a suitable H?
Are there any nice online tools that can help
with that sort of thing?

Best,
K

There are sites like www.kayak.com and also the big online travel agencies
(i.e., Expedia, Travelocity, etc.). The do not all work adequately in all
parts of the world; however I would try these types of sites first. I just
tried DFW-TXL (Berlin Tegel)-ZRH-DFW, for example, and they came back with
the best fare on British Airways as DFW-LHR-TXL-LHR-ZRH-LHR-DFW. Lower than
other carriers on my dates by a significant amount, even though LH and LX
fly TXL-ZRH nonstop.

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Hello

Does anyone know a good tool for putting together
round trips?
I'm planning a trip, where I need to go X-Y-Z-X.
There are no direct flights btw X and Y, nor btw Y and Z.
Also, I would to get return tickets rather than one-way,
since that is usually cheaper. So the plan would
be X-H-Y-H-Z-H-X.
The question is now, how to find a suitable H?
Are there any nice online tools that can help
with that sort of thing?

Best,
K

In your example, if "H" is always the same place you may not be able to buy
a round trip even if all you are doing is changing planes each time.

I would say this sounds like one of those times when you need to revert to
the phone. Call a couple of likely airlines then get a copy of a newspaper
that carries travel ads (Sunday newspapers in many places) and phone some of
the agents in there. If you happen to be in the UK try people like
Trailfinders and STA.

On 12 Maj, 15:48, "Jeff Hacker" wrote:
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Hello

Does anyone know a good tool for putting together
round trips?
I'm planning a trip, where I need to go X-Y-Z-X.
There are no direct flights btw X and Y, nor btw Y and Z.
Also, I would to get return tickets rather than one-way,
since that is usually cheaper. So the plan would
be X-H-Y-H-Z-H-X.
The question is now, how to find a suitable H?
Are there any nice online tools that can help
with that sort of thing?

Best,
K

There are sites likewww.kayak.comand also the big online travel agencies
(i.e., Expedia, Travelocity, etc.). *The do not all work adequately in all
parts of the world; however I would try these types of sites first. *I just
tried DFW-TXL (Berlin Tegel)-ZRH-DFW, for example, and they came back with
the best fare on British Airways as DFW-LHR-TXL-LHR-ZRH-LHR-DFW. *Lower than
other carriers on my dates by a significant amount, even though LH and LX
fly TXL-ZRH nonstop.

Thanks.
Kayak doesn't handle my full flight, but it might still be useful.
So far, my best results come from looking at the airport websites.
They usually provide a decent overview of direct lines, which
helps me pick airlines.

Best,
K

In your example, if "H" is always the same place you may not be able to buy
a round trip even if all you are doing is changing planes each time.


My intention was to get three separate round trip tickets. I don't
see why that shouldn't be possible, but of course it's a lot of bother
and may not actually be very cheap, so I'll probably abandon the idea.

Best,
K