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Quoting RootsAir (Thread starter): I would like to know why this is the case.....after isn't it logical that we should pay more for flying more...why then is it more expensive to fly one way than round trip ? |
Quoting Richardw (Reply 1): Because they assume you are a business traveller and can afford it. |
Quoting Richardw (Reply 1): Find the cheapest return ticket and only use the outward part of it, or fly easyJet via LON. |
Quote: Back-to-back ticketing—combining multiple overlapping round-trip tickets to circumvent Saturday or other overnight stay requirements Throw-away ticketing—use of discounted round-trip excursion fares for one-way travel is also prohibited. Failure to comply with applicable fare restrictions, circumventing those restrictions, or misrepresenting your intended itinerary are all breaches of your Contract of Carriage. |
Quoting RootsAir (Thread starter): I would like to know why this is the case.....after isn't it logical that we should pay more for flying more...why then is it more expensive to fly one way than round trip ? |
Quoting AirEuropeUK733 (Reply 5): The hotel will talk about occupancy square footage, marginal returns etc but they charge it because they can! |
Quoting 7LBAC111 (Reply 3): Back-to-back ticketing—combining multiple overlapping round-trip tickets to circumvent Saturday or other overnight stay requirements Throw-away ticketing—use of discounted round-trip excursion fares for one-way travel is also prohibited. Failure to comply with applicable fare restrictions, circumventing those restrictions, or misrepresenting your intended itinerary are all breaches of your Contract of Carriage. |
Quoting ORDagent (Reply 8): Most travel agencies will NOT do this for you as if the airline recognizes the booking pattern for back to back ticketing they may issue a debit memo for two one way tickets |
Quoting Stargoldlhr (Reply 7): The old schools of airline industry pricing models depend on it. |
Quoting 320tech (Reply 13): Partly it's to do with economies of scale. Why is one litre bottle of pop more than half as expensive than a two litre bottle? Because your fixed costs don't change. |
Quoting StuckinMAF (Reply 11): Maybe it's like buying a six-pack of beer instead of a single one (but why anyone would buy a single beer, I'll never know). You're buying in "bulk". Many things are cheaper when purchased in bulk. |
Quoting Bond007 (Reply 18): Antiquated pricing models are one of the reasons airlines are going bankrupt. |
Quoting 7LBAC111 (Reply 15): Quoting ORDagent (Reply 8): Most travel agencies will NOT do this for you as if the airline recognizes the booking pattern for back to back ticketing they may issue a debit memo for two one way tickets Exactly - which is why I advise against doing this under any circumstances. Perhaps you misunderstood me? |
Quoting Firiko (Reply 20): I think immigiration rules must play a big part in the way airlines can sell tickets. Most countries want to see their visitors leave at some stage so there may be strict regulations against one way ticketing. |
Quoting 7LBAC111 (Reply 3): Quoting Richardw (Reply 1): Find the cheapest return ticket and only use the outward part of it, or fly easyJet via LON. Which is strictly against the T&C's of your ticket. Known as throwaway ticketing, airlines will cancel both sectors of your trip if they even so much as get a hint that this is your intention. |
Quoting Bond007 (Reply 18): Antiquated pricing models are one of the reasons airlines are going bankrupt. |
Quoting Airforum (Reply 19): Ahhh, you must have read my mind. Very well said! The old schools models are slowly replaced by much more modern models. An one-way ticket is just 1/2 of a returnticket. And thanks to the LCC's, legacy airlines are forced to give up the old schools way of doing business. |
Quoting Airforum (Reply 19): I've advised ppl I know so many times to buy two returntickets |
Quoting AIRCANL1011 (Reply 22): They have no way of knowing that you are not returning until you fail to show up. By then who cares if they cancel the ticket. They are not going to come looking for you like the Mob! OOOOOH I have to hide because the IB return flight police are after me |
Quoting IRelayer (Reply 23): ...take that absurd example and think of a seat on an airplane instead and it is pretty easy to understand. |
Quoting FlyingTexan (Reply 24): |
Quoting 7LBAC111 (Reply 25): I'm not saying they are likely to notice if you are a one off traveler, but for businessman traveling regularly, the carrier can track your routing histories and easily ascertain policy/T&C violations. Do you honestly think that once you travel the airline simply forget you ever existed? |
Quoting Airforum (Reply 28): As for the businessman, they won't sue him, not even if he would excuse by saying that he missed ten returnflights in one year because of a flat tire. Let them prove him wrong. Tough job |
Quoting Grimey (Reply 29): Rootsair try seeing what an EI GVA/ZRH to DUB and then book a seperate ticket onto MAD, EI do one way flights at one way prices. |
Quoting Airforum (Reply 19): Most legacy airlines roar with laughter when another innocent traveler buys an one-way ticket. |
Quoting 7LBAC111 (Reply 25): Do you honestly think that once you travel the airline simply forget you ever existed? |
Quoting EA CO AS (Reply 32): For what it's worth, the majority of U.S. based carriers are changing their pricing structure to allow reasonable one-way fares, a-la LCCs like WN and B6. |
Quoting 7LBAC111 (Reply 6): However, many carriers find policing such T&C viiolations to be either so time consuming or too difficult, that they abolished such restrictions on lower fares. Prime example of this being BD. Sector pricing has worked well for them, and is something other Star carriers are beginning to implement. BA are cagey on this, and have only moved to sector pricing on a small number of selected routes |
Quoting IRelayer (Reply 23): It is just common sense and it is quite obvious when you think about it a little...a O/W fare is more expensive because the airlines are basically agreeing to transport you to your destination without the guarantee that you will return to where you came from or that someone else wants a O/W ticket in the opposite direction. This uncertainty creates an extra responsibility for the airline b/c they have to fill that surplus seat that in the normal case of a R/T ticket would be generating revenue but in this case is not. To make up for this, they charge a premium for the service to make up for being shortchanged on the return segment... |
Quoting Richardw (Reply 1): or fly easyJet via LON. |
Quoting Airforum (Reply 19): Most legacy airlines roar with laughter when another innocent traveler buys an one-way ticket. They wish they would sell one-ways only! And T & C's or not, I don't want to be part of that foolish system. I refuse to pay sky high prices when there's a smart way to avoid it. |
Quoting MAS777 (Reply 33): Quoting 7LBAC111 (Reply 25): Do you honestly think that once you travel the airline simply forget you ever existed? I see your point but this did make me smile as virtually all airlines I have flown to date can't wait to 'forget' their passengers - think of this next time the crew 'welcome' you to your destination and 'wish' you a (genuinely) pleasant stay... |
Quoting Areopagus (Reply 30): That taxi cab example doesn't hold water. At worst, the cabbie should charge round-trip pricing for the 1-way trip; if he then gets a paying customer for the return, he's making pure profit, besides which he would be charging that poor customer double. But the complaint in the thread starter was that 1-way fare was almost 6 times the round trip fare. That is unconscionable. |
Quoting IRelayer (Reply 23): lodging, and food resulting from being away from home, the potential for getting lost or off-track, various dangers of travelling long distances, etc etc...take that absurd example and think of a seat on an airplane instead and it is pretty easy to understand. |
Quoting CitationJet (Reply 42): If airlines sold paint....... http://www.netjeff.com/humor/item.cgi?file=airlinepaint.txt . |
Quoting 7LBAC111 (Reply 3): Which is strictly against the T&C's of your ticket. Known as throwaway ticketing, airlines will cancel both sectors of your trip if they even so much as get a hint that this is your intention. |
Quoting 7LBAC111 (Reply 3): Quoting Richardw (Reply 1): Find the cheapest return ticket and only use the outward part of it, or fly easyJet via LON. Which is strictly against the T&C's of your ticket. Known as throwaway ticketing, airlines will cancel both sectors of your trip if they even so much as get a hint that this is your intention. |
Quoting 7LBAC111 (Reply 3): Which is strictly against the T&C's of your ticket. Known as throwaway ticketing, airlines will cancel both sectors of your trip if they even so much as get a hint that this is your intention. I did a goodle search on this. Here is th general consensus regarding this loophole in fare construction. Quote: Back-to-back ticketing—combining multiple overlapping round-trip tickets to circumvent Saturday or other overnight stay requirements Throw-away ticketing—use of discounted round-trip excursion fares for one-way travel is also prohibited. Failure to comply with applicable fare restrictions, circumventing those restrictions, or misrepresenting your intended itinerary are all breaches of your Contract of Carriage. |