booking 2-one way flights

[newrygirl]

Just wondering if anyone has ever booked 2-one way flights, we are flying to orlando from Minneapolis in August, flights were around $268 return, today I noticed that the flight down has dropped to $99 with taxes but the return is still $155, I was wondering if I should just book the flight down now and wait a bit and see if the return drops but I have never booked 2 seperate tickets before, has anyone done this?

 

[KINGBOBOFTHENORTH]

A lot of people do that, especially with Southwest. Just be aware of which airlines offer decent one way fares from MSP. If the major carriers only sell their lowest fares as round trip fares and only 3 airlines (for example only) offer their lowest fares on a one way basis, you'll be limited to those 3 airlines for your return.

BobK/Orlando

 

[IMDORY]

I've done this several times in the past. No problems.

 

[Pirate Dad]

Essentially with most of the flying I've done in the last four years I'm buying two "one way" fares (even if it's with the same airline).

This isn't necessarily true however when you fly overseas.

 

[bballmom56]

Yep. DS just did that this past weekend. Flew Delta out and US Air back. We did it that way because the return flight schedule was better on US Air. It worked out perfectly for him - no problems.

 

[klynn]

I always only book one way tickets. I currently have our flights going to Orlando in May, but not the return yet.

 

[jnadelman]

we might do the same simply because when SW releases the next set of dates they will only have one way, the return leg dates won't be released yet. We think it might be too risky to wait for both dates to be available, so we will most likely book the way down and then wait to book the return.

 

[crashbb]

The only possible issue (and it isn't an issue for all airlines) is that, if you cancel/change your trip, you might get dinged with two sets of change fees.

If the airline charges fees per ticket (rather than per flight/direction/leg), than buying two one-way tickets would garner double the fees.

Of course, this only applies if you end up changing the dates of your trip and only one some airlines.

 

[PinkTink63]

I have done this before! One year Alaska's flights were sooo much higher than everyone else at the time we went that we didn't even use our companion ticket! It was way less for us to book two one-way tickets on different airlines. We flew there on Continental and home on Frontier.