Air Travel Question

GladGradDad
Sun, 04 Mar 2012 21:45:49 +0000

If he calls and cancels the RT part of the flight, they may want him to pay a different one-way fare.

I just checked on a particular United nonstop flight between the two coasts and the r/t fare ware around $500 but the one way fare there on the exact same flight was over $800! The legacy airlines like United, American, and the like are still into maximum price gouging as much as they can and they do this for one-way trips because they figure if you’re doing a one-way trip you have to really go right then and have no other options. He can double check the flight he’s on - just go to the airline’s website and price it both ways.

He’s likely better off just letting them know afterwards that he didn’t use the return leg and would likely be ahead even if there’s no credit for it.

People miss legs of flights all the time for a variety of reasons.