Random Airline Question

[jerseyduke]

No idea where else to post this.
I am pretty sure that if you have a round trip ticket and do not use the first part of it, the airline cancels your return flight ticket.

What if they were booked as 2 one ways? (airline does have my FF number, so even though they were booked separately I suppose the could be linked).

I have a one way ticket down on a Thursday night and a one way back the following Tuesday. I was thinking of booking a new ticket Friday morning to go down, just don't want to effect my return.

 

[TexasChick123]

No idea where else to post this.
I am pretty sure that if you have a round trip ticket and do not use the first part of it, the airline cancels your return flight ticket.

What if they were booked as 2 one ways? (airline does have my FF number, so even though they were booked separately I suppose the could be linked).

I have a one way ticket down on a Thursday night and a one way back the following Tuesday. I was thinking of booking a new ticket Friday morning to go down, just don't want to effect my return.

One way tickets are treated as completely separate. You should be fine. They do not "link" one way tickets. This is coming from someone who changes her one way tickets all the time.

 

[jerseyduke]

One way tickets are treated as completely separate. You should be fine. They do not "link" one way tickets. This is coming from someone who changes her one way tickets all the time.

Thanks.
Im not actually changing the ticket, Im just not getting on the plane. Wanted to book the next day, and its not worth the change fees and effort to "change" the existing one. I assumed it was ok, thats why I booked it like I did.

 

[_auroraborealis_]

Should be okay, but hard to be 100%, know what I mean? A couple of the airlines are Not Sane.

 

[TexasChick123]

Thanks.
Im not actually changing the ticket, Im just not getting on the plane. Wanted to book the next day, and its not worth the change fees and effort to "change" the existing one. I assumed it was ok, thats why I booked it like I did.

If you cancel the ticket, then you will be charged the cancellation fee which is usually $150-$200, but those funds will go into a travel account usually. Just make sure to do the math so that you are ok with losing the value of the ticket. I change my flights all the time with SWA. When flying United, I am stuck with what I book because of the fees, so I get it.

I can't remember the last time that I spent less than $150 on one leg of a United ticket. They're all so expensive now! Living in Houston, we are pretty much limited to United and SWA. It stinks. Ok. My thread drift is over now.

 

[jerseyduke]

it was a 60$ ticket, not even worth doing any math on it!
Thats why I just want to ignore it and book a new one (the new one being 100)
and I am only thinking about that because there is no decent room rate for the extra night (Id be getting in at 1 am) I can just get in the next AM at 8. Cheaper just to buy a new ticket and I basically get there the same time.

 

[TexasChick123]

it was a 60$ ticket, not even worth doing any math on it!
Thats why I just want to ignore it and book a new one (the new one being 100)
and I am only thinking about that because there is no decent room rate for the extra night (Id be getting in at 1 am) I can just get in the next AM at 8. Cheaper just to buy a new ticket and I basically get there the same time.

I agree. It isn't worth it for $60 for that ticket. You should be fine. I am not aware of any airlines linking one way tickets. There are a lot of really great airline forums which deal with each airline. I Google things like what you're asking all the time and usually get it answered that way if I am still unsure of something. Good luck with the flight change.

 

[Akck]

You should be fine as most airlines can’t link reservations together unless they share a flight. A few years ago, we needed to stay a few days in a connecting city. We were told by reservations to just forget about the original flight and book a new one way as the fees were greater than the remaining ticket value. The old reservation was automatically canceled after we missed it.

 

[Sandisw]

My understanding...which could be wrong... was that a cancellation fee would not be more than the cost of the ticket. So if normal fee is $75 but the ticket is $60, you just lose it all,

I think you will be fine though I’d you simple don’t show. But, maybe give them a call and just ask.