One Way Flights

[Irish Goofy]

Hi All

Has anybody any suggestions for booking a one way flight back from Orlando. Will be heading on the transatlantic cruise in September and then to WDW for 5 nights but flights back to Dublin are crazy price. Anybody any ideas or tips on who is best to use....

 

[norhel]

Hi All

Has anybody any suggestions for booking a one way flight back from Orlando. Will be heading on the transatlantic cruise in September and then to WDW for 5 nights but flights back to Dublin are crazy price. Anybody any ideas or tips on who is best to use....

Hi there.

I have heard that it often is cheaper to by a round trip ticket instead of bying a one way ticket. For example by tickets for Orlando-Dublin-Orlando and the cancel the return ticket when you get back to Dublin.
Can that be a idea to check out?

 

[disneyholic family]

the round trip is one possibility that i too have heard works for people..

another possibility is booking via the cruise line, as they sometimes have access to special one way airfares...

a third possibility is checking kayak to see if anything comes up...
there are a few airlines that do have one way fares, but i don't know if they go to dublin...
United Airlines has one way fares to where i live, but i don't know if they fly to dublin...

use kayak and try the various combinations to see if anything works out (flying one way/round trip)

 

[disneyholic family]

i just looked on kayak for one way fares from MCO to dublin in september..
i didn't know what your exact date is, so i arbitrarily picked september 23

westjet came up the cheapest but it took 35 hours, so i ignored that one..

British Airways was next cheapest and it only takes 15 hours (via new york).
it costs, one way, £385

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[Irish Goofy]

We will be leaving on 5th October to head back to Dublin so I will try Kayak and see how they are for pricing.

Have heard that if you buy return flight and don't use the return portion that some airlines will then automatically charge your card for price difference. Don't know how true this is but will look into it.....

 

[Mrs Doubtfire]

I've never dine it but Wayne used Orbitz, I have just had a quick look and it was around the £500 mark for he 5th October

 

[disneyholic family]

We will be leaving on 5th October to head back to Dublin so I will try Kayak and see how they are for pricing.

Have heard that if you buy return flight and don't use the return portion that some airlines will then automatically charge your card for price difference. Don't know how true this is but will look into it.....

on october 5th, other than the 35 hour epic journey on westjet, British Airways is 12 hours from MCO to Dublin via Chicago for about £386..

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[chmurf]

We will be leaving on 5th October to head back to Dublin so I will try Kayak and see how they are for pricing.

Have heard that if you buy return flight and don't use the return portion that some airlines will then automatically charge your card for price difference. Don't know how true this is but will look into it.....

they can reprice your ticket including change fees
or they can charge you no show fees

they ''can'' doesn't mean they will, only that they have the right to do it.

 

[london75]

Last year we booked outbound on virgin using miles to fly upper and had to find a return via any other airline as we didn't want to return virgin economy as there are better airlines and prices available for economy.

I left it pretty late and ended up booking at the end of May for the end of August via a site called Vayama. The great thing about vayama is that they have "secret airlines" much like priceline for hotels. It is very easy though to find out who you're flying with as the connections and timings give it away.

We booked economy for 4 with what transpired to be a vayama booking of a BA code share flight on an American Airlines flight! The price was £1400. we then got the booking numbers to log into BA and then AA and upgraded the transatlantic leg to economy plus for a further £200.

So in total £400 pp for a one way flight on AA in a nice big seat in peak season. Admittedly indirect but we thought that was pretty good!

 

[penlanspice]

It's a huge pain to get decent one way fares, we did a Transatlantic in November but were lucky as we had enough virgin miles to do a free one way fare in PE.
We have just decided to book another Transatlantic (totally hooked on Transatlantic now) for April and have been looking for a one way fare too, the cheapest for us is Norwegian air at £290 (with the bag, seat etc) bit more hassle for you as your looking for dublin, Icelandic air also do one way to london.

 

[Lady Jane]

I'm on the same cruise as you I've found the cheapest flights one way to Manchester are with Thomas Cook, not sure if they do Dublin though.

 

[Woodview]

Using Aer Lingus

Leaving Orlando on Tuesday 6 th October ...... (( return on 20th ))

Price for 1 adult RETURN is US $ 979

Leaving Orlando on Tuesday 6 th October ONE WAY is US $ 713


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Remember ..... Do You have to fill in an ESTA for the Cruise to USA ?

So if you bought a Return Air Ticket from Dublin & you have

also to fill in an ESTA form .... you would HAVE 2 ESTA's on the travel

System .... & If you did NOT show up for the Flight to Orlando What

happens then .... ?

 

[norhel]

Using Aer Lingus

Leaving Orlando on Tuesday 6 th October ...... (( return on 20th ))

Price for 1 adult RETURN is US $ 979

Leaving Orlando on Tuesday 6 th October ONE WAY is US $ 713


.............................

Remember ..... Do You have to fill in an ESTA for the Cruise to USA ?

So if you bought a Return Air Ticket from Dublin & you have

also to fill in an ESTA form .... you would HAVE 2 ESTA's on the travel

System .... & If you did NOT show up for the Flight to Orlando What

happens then .... ?

ESTA is valid for 2 years with unlimited travel on 1 application, so I don't think you have to do 2 applications.

 

[penlanspice]

Only 1 esta is needed, ours were still valid from our last trip so I just printed it out and took it with me for the cruise. We sailed with Royal Carribbean and they insisted you have a copy of it with you for inspection

 

[Woodview]

To Irish Goofy,

Ask at the travel agents in Middle Abbey Street or the one in Nassau Street

They should know .


There should be a Cruise & Fly back option.

 

[wayneg]

I've never dine it but Wayne used Orbitz, I have just had a quick look and it was around the £500 mark for he 5th October

We did but maybe MAN is better covered for 1 way flights compared to DUB. We had choice of a few, we went for Thomas Cook at about £200pp.

Just had a look around for 5th Oct(plus a day each side) can't see any deals into DUB. Into MAN on the 6th Icelandair would be £231pp.

 

[lost*in*cyberspace]

We will be leaving on 5th October to head back to Dublin so I will try Kayak and see how they are for pricing.

Have heard that if you buy return flight and don't use the return portion that some airlines will then automatically charge your card for price difference. Don't know how true this is but will look into it.....

One way international airfare is outrageously high. If you do buy a RT ticket and don't use the return, the airline will NOT charge you anything. The only time this would be an issue is if you make this a regular practice. if you're worried, you can always cancel the return.

 

[chmurf]

. if you're worried, you can always cancel the return.

no showing will probably go unpunished

cancelling will incur cancellation fees associated with the fare rules of the fare purchased and you will be charged (unless you fly on an airline like southwest)

for example on british airways it's somewhere between £15 and £40 depending on how it's cancelled (online, ticket office or phone)

always check the fare rules and fees

 

[lost*in*cyberspace]

no showing will probably go unpunished

cancelling will incur cancellation fees associated with the fare rules of the fare purchased and you will be charged (unless you fly on an airline like southwest)

for example on british airways it's somewhere between £15 and £40 depending on how it's cancelled (online, ticket office or phone)

always check the fare rules and fees

This depends on the airline. For example, on United, if I cancel the return portion of an international ticket, I pay nothing out of pocket. The change ticket fee would be deducted from the credit I would receive for the unused portion of the ticket.

Abandoning the unused portion of the ticket doesn't make sense, even if you are on a airline which charges a small cancellation fee. You will come out ahead by cancelling and retaining a credit.