Air more expensive for single ticket?

[johnnyr]

I have two frequent flyer award tickets that I am going to use for my next trip. I will need purchase one ticket as three are traveling in our party. When I do a search for pricing for one ticket, the price is considerably higher than if I search for three. Is it always more money to purchase a singe ticket air fare?

 

[CarolA]

It is not ususally more so I have no idea why this is happening.

However, before you buy the one ticket have you booked the two frequent flyer tickets. Unless you have a SW Rapid Reward getting the two seats could be MUCH harder then you may expect. Just a warining becasue Orlando is a very popular destination with FF Tickets.

 

[seashoreCM]

Very strange that shopping for a single plane ticket shows a higher price per person. Actually it usually goes the other way. If on a particular flight on a particular day there are only two "cheap seats" left in the secret quotas, if you shop for three tickets you are quoted for the next higher fare class.

Disney hints:
http://members.aol.com/ajaynejr/disney.htm

 

[Brian Noble]

That is odd, unless the airline has a companion fare promotion going on. What airline/airports/dates are you looking at?

 

[johnnyr]

I thought it was strange too. I have booked a many award tickets in the past while paying for a single ticket. This is the first time I compared paying for a single ticket vs. paying for 3 tickets. I did notice that on weekends, searching for air fare usually results in higher fares. I'll do more searching this coming week to see if I get the same results.