Can You Depart & Return to 2 diff Airports?

[jgates]

Hopefully I can explain this!!!!!

We can travel from either Madison WI or Mpls MN to Orlando. Is there a way on NWA.com or one of the other websites to actually leave from Madison and come back in to Mpls? Going out is fine and it is so much more convenient to leave from Madtown - even with a plane change in Detroit, however, coming back gives us a LONG day with a LONG layover. I would prefer to go back into Mpls on the way home. Is this doable or does it end up costing an arm and your right kneecap?

(My mom or DH will take us and pick us up).

 

[Prince Eric1]

If I am understanding this correctly all you need to do is buy a one way ticket from point a to point b for the trip down, and buy a one way from b to c for the way back. Airlines like Southwest, TMA, and probably many others have the fares listed for each leg of the flight anyway, so flying one way is just half the price of the roundtrip.

 

[safetymom]

You would need an open jaw ticket. They can be expensive. I would buy two round trip tickets but throw away half the flights. Make sure that where you want to be to get home is the first half of the second ticket.

You could also try one way tickets but they usually tend to be more expensive.

Also buying one way tickets tends to get you the extra security screening on your boarding pass. Be prepared to be wanded, etc. You are a higher security risk with a one way ticket.

 

[jel0511]

You would need an open jaw ticket. They can be expensive. I would buy two round trip tickets but throw away half the flights. Make sure that where you want to be to get home is the first half of the second ticket.

Actually, that's not allowed by the airlines. They will match the tickets, and if you are found out, you will be forced to pay the walk-up fare for that particular flight. They want to stop this practice, since it can be cheaper than buying the round trip ticket, or two one ways. But, you can book roundtrip ticket this way. When you go to the Northwest website in the "search for flights" section, it will say round trip, one-way, and next to that click on multi-city. Then you'll enter the first leg as Madison to Orlando, and the second leg as Orlando to Minneapolis. You'll choose your flights, and receive a price for those two flights together. It is quite possible that NWA considers Madison and Minneapolis to be "companion" airports, and you'll not pay more than a round trip to/from either of those cities. You'll never know until you price out the particular dates you're looking for.

 

[Ode]

We're actually doing this.....the other way around though. We're flying out of Detroit to Orlando, however coming home, we'll be flying out of Tampa back to Detroit...we even got a car thrown in.

We booked as a group of 6, cost was $290/person RT on NWA.

ode....

 

[pumpkinboy]

I went to Orbitz.com and plugged in your cities with some hypothetical dates and came up with pretty decent fares and flights. You just need to choose multi city when setting up your search. I always like to check for the shortest flights, since I would prefer to spend my vacations on vacation rather than flying, and frequently is as cheap as other options. You should be able to do it for less than $250 per person, unless you are going at peak times or sold-out times.

 

[dvc guy]

Do it all the time. Fly out of NYC area airports and go to Orlando and then fly back from South Fla. The airfare is the same price and somtimes cheaper to fly out of one and back to another. On a upcoming trip we are flying JFK-MIA, FLL-LGA it was the least expensive.

 

[Jimmac]

Do it all the time. Fly out of NYC area airports and go to Orlando and then fly back from South Fla. The airfare is the same price and somtimes cheaper to fly out of one and back to another. On a upcoming trip we are flying JFK-MIA, FLL-LGA it was the least expensive.

Does anyone know if this can be done on Southwest.com? I didn't see how but it would save a lot of time rather than driving back to MCO from West Palm Beach.

 

[hercamore]

Yes, you can do this on NW.

Go to nwa.com and put in your dates and airports and hit multi-city.

More options will come up and you can fill in the options and get a quote.

It will probably be high, tho.

herc.

 

[SondraD11]

As the other posters have said, you need to select the multi-city option when booking your airfare. My experience is that these fares are a little higher. For my trip in February, we are flying one-way from Indianapolis to Orlando via ATA. Then we are flying with Continental using the multi-city option from Orlando to Houston and Houston back to Indianapolis. I did it this way because we prefer direct flights and I couldn't find a common carrier that flew direct from all three cities.

Pick the best flights for your situation and have a great trip!

Sondra

 

[Disneylovers]

Jimmac,

Yes, you can do this with Southwest. We're doing it, flying out of Chicago to MCO, coming home out of Tampa. Just set each flight as a one way (select "none" for return trip). You pay for each part of the trip, so your credit card looks nasty with all the charges, but it's worth it if it's cheap!

 

[jgates]

Just wanted to thank you for the info - I should have said that a long time ago.

Believe it or not, I still have not booked tickets. But as you can see from my counter we have some time yet...............

 

[Nick@ VB+OKW]

We are also doing this x-mas week. We are visiting my sister who lives in West Palm Beach.
We wanted non-stop.............so we are going from Pittsburgh to Ft.Lauderdale(30 minutes from WPB)...then on the return we are flying West Palm Beach to Pittsburgh.

We got 3 tx non-stop for $227 flying Dec 24(morning) and returning Jan 1 (afternoon). I booked this exactly at the 330 day window.

 

[padisneyfan]

Air Tran also lets you buy one way tickets, but doesn't penalize you by charging increased ticket prices for the one way ticket. We are flying BWI to FLL for a cruise, post cruise trip to WDW and then MCO to BWI. Cost per person $178 which was the same price for roundtrip tickets.

Nancy

 

[PKS44]

Originally posted by safetymom
You would need an open jaw ticket. They can be expensive. I would buy two round trip tickets but throw away half the flights. Make sure that where you want to be to get home is the first half of the second ticket.

To post completely wrong and misleading information such as this and do so as if it is fact---is--- well I will let others decide for themselves how to characterize this sort of posting.... to put it simply for me-- I don't think people should post when they have no idea what they are talking about.... if somebody actually believed and acted on the above post it could cost a lot of money.

As pointed out you cannot buy two round trip tickets and throw away half and to do so would be really expensive.

About the only thing here that is correct is the term open jaw...which is how airlines refer to such itineraries...so long as the distance from the two different airports is less than the distance that you are flying there is usually no extra charge for an open jaw ticket. Since Minneapolis is closer to Madison than either city is to Orlando--you should be charged about the same as a roundtrip ticket from either.

 

[safetymom]

PKS44, I offered a solution just as you did. I stand behind my answer.

Yes back to back ticketing is frowned upon by the airlines. But many many people do this. I just offered a choice.

I hope that most people know to check out solutions for themselves by doing their homework before buying their tickets.

 

[PKS44]

Originally posted by safetymom
PKS44, I offered a solution just as you did. I stand behind my answer.

Yes back to back ticketing is frowned upon by the airlines. But many many people do this. I just offered a choice.

I hope that most people know to check out solutions for themselves by doing their homework before buying their tickets.

I would hope people would check out their information before posting it as fact--or at least use some qualifier like, " I think I remember", or "I could be wrong about this..."

So you know that your answer is illegal---you don't comment on whether or not you realize that your statement about open jaw tickets being expensive is correct or not but if you stand behind it you are standing behind an answer that is inaccurate (as pointed out by me and several others who have shown that this is done all the time at no excess cost)--in other words you gave an answer that is demonstrably false and yet you still "stand behind it." Well that tells us something- -it does not tell us anything about any humility, willingness to admit a mistake, or any kind of learning from this exercise, but it does show something. In the future, readers of your posts should probably take into account this willingness to post misleading information and illegal ideas that you nevertheless "stand behind."

 

[ducklite]

Back-to-back ticketing can be successful of you know how to do it right. The key is to use two seperate carriers who do not code share. I've done it several times this way, with no problems. Keep in mind that the return ticket should be booked as the first leg of that trip, otherwise if you do'nt show for the first leg they will cancel your return.

That said, open jaw ticketing is usually less expensive than two o/w r/t tickets.

Anne

 

[ducklite]

FYI, "Back-To-Back" ticketing is not "illegal". It is against the rules of most carriers. There is no governmental law or code agaist the practice however.

The only recourse the carriers have is refusal to honor the ticket. (Some will also throw you out of their frequent flyer program.)

They certainly couldn't file a civil suit against you, or have you arrested--hence the use of the word "illegal" is misleading at best, as it implies there are penalties sanctioned by the government for the action.

Anne

 

[ritzbuddy]

Why make it so difficult? Just book an multi-city or open jawed flight.
We are flying into Orlando (MCO) from Mpls on 3/25 and back home to Mpls on 4/3, but from Tampa (TPA). When going online, we actually found cheaper tix with the multi-city route than if we flew back out of MCO again. I ended up booking directly with NWA. Sometimes they pair flights depending on how booked they are, making the multi-city flights no more, or less expensive.