Traveling on 2 Different Round Trip Tickets

[Sgt. McGee 27]

I'm going to travel to Europe twice this summer. Going over, my wife and I will travel together, then I'll return to the US alone, go back to Europe alone, and then return with my wife. In order to make reservations as simply as possible, I'm thinking of buying the "outside" trip (first and last flight) as one round trip ticket, and the "inside" (2nd and 3rd flights) as another. Obviously, one r/t ticket will be US>EU>US, the other will be EU>US>EU. My goal in doing this is to make sure that our outside flights are locked together, so that one of us doesn't get bumped or caught up without the other if there are weather delays, volcano eruptions, etc.

Has anyone used a strategy like this? Is there any problem leaving the country on one r/t ticket and coming back on a different one with a still-unused ticket waiting for me? I don't know quite what the problem would be, but for some reason it feels like it could cause issues, and look like I'm trying to do something illicit.

[IR5FORMUMSIE 850]

I'm going to travel to Europe twice this summer. Going over, my wife and I will travel together, then I'll return to the US alone, go back to Europe alone, and then return with my wife. In order to make reservations as simply as possible, I'm thinking of buying the "outside" trip (first and last flight) as one round trip ticket, and the "inside" (2nd and 3rd flights) as another. Obviously, one r/t ticket will be US>EU>US, the other will be EU>US>EU. My goal in doing this is to make sure that our outside flights are locked together, so that one of us doesn't get bumped or caught up without the other if there are weather delays, volcano eruptions, etc.

Has anyone used a strategy like this? Is there any problem leaving the country on one r/t ticket and coming back on a different one with a still-unused ticket waiting for me? I don't know quite what the problem would be, but for some reason it feels like it could cause issues, and look like I'm trying to do something illicit.

I wish I could help you, Sarge. I don't foresee any problem since you have round trip tickets. I imagine someone will be along soon who has tried this, unfortunately I've never heard of this being done which doesn't mean that it won't work.

[Sgt. McGee 27]

I wish I could help you, Sarge. I don't foresee any problem since you have round trip tickets. I imagine someone will be along soon who has tried this, unfortunately I've never heard of this being done which doesn't mean that it won't work.

Thanks... I guess I should add, I'm a US Citizen (born/raised, not naturalized), and we're going to visit my wife's family. Not sure if it would make any difference if I were a green card holder, visa holder, or whatever, but in case it does... ummm... there's the info!