One Way vs Round Trip - HELP! :)

[junderwood99]

I have found a coupon for $10 per person for Air Tran. (visit http://www.littledebbie.com/getaway/default.asp if interested!) However, I'm thinking that I can book one way flights and be able to use $10 coupons twice - one for each one way flight - for a total of $20 per person. Is there any reason why I WOULDN'T want to book one way? The prices are the same - just want to make sure I'm not doing something wrong to save myself the $10 per person (which is an extra $40 for our family).

Thanks so much!

 

[dacky041208]

I think it's better to book one way travel. If youneed to change anything, you can do it separately. I can't think of any reason you would need to book round trip.

 

[junderwood99]

Thanks I'm just nervous - since I've always booked roundtrip. I don't want to mess something up - hubby would be "alittle" angry! LOL

 

[seashoreCM]

The traditional reason for favoring round trip was that it used to cost less than two one ways.

 

[pamjb]

Waay back when, it used to cheaper to book round trip. That isn't the case anymore. I always book one way. With Southwest, I can get a credit if one leg goes down. Sometimes, I have found a cheaper fare using 2 different airlines.

 

[crashbb]

I book two one-ways all the time, for various reasons. The only think to thing about is change fees. Many charge per ticket (rather than per direction/flight), you now have two tickets. So, if you need to cancel or change your trip, you'd be paying two sets of fees.

 

[Shelly F - Ohio]

Back a few months ago when they had the $25 coupon we booked one way tickets so that we could use 2 coupons per person. It was fine.
The only thing to remember is that if you have to change your travel plans you will be charged the $75 change fee for each ticket that needs changed.

One other good thing about one ways is that you might find a good flight time on one airline for one leg of the flight but a better return time on another airline.