Airline tickets: can I buy a round-trip but only use the return?

[sonicgihad 4]

Is it doable to buy a round trip but only use the return? Its cheaper by 400 bux. Or do you have to use go to the destination first before the return is activated?

Fare from manila to us us almost double than the fare from us to MNL. Its nuts.

[StraightShooter 62]

Keep looking. You'll eventually find a one-way that is much cheaper than a round trip. I had been looking at the round trip fares due to that lower cost thing myself. However, after seeing on here that several folks had been finding cheap one-way fares, I started looking again and found one-way fares that were about half the cost of a round trip.

Be persistent and you'll find a good fare.

Another option is to contact a travel agency and let them do the heavy lifting.

[Laure&Colin 562]

NO you can't do that!!

If you buy a round trip and you don't show for the outbound flight (the 1st segment of your flight) YOUR ENTIRE RESERVATION IS CANCELLED.

You could buy a round trip and only use the first flight, abandonning the return, but the contrary, nope!

[TimeTravel 78]

Are you sure if it is cheaper? I noticed that one way are always cheaper. May be, you have to check with cheaptickets.com and they have great pricing. If you dont use your incoming ticket, then your return ticket will be cancelled.

[mave1104 1]

Why is that?...

[Oksana & Max 94]

This is the way the airlines works.

[Impatient Cupcake 10]

just booked my flight yesterday 1119 from mnl to ict (delta). the march dates are like more expensive (additional 300+). april 1 was like 1400 while april 2 was 1119 so i picked that one lol. just checked again to see if round trip was cheaper but nope.

[Dave&Roza 748]

Is it doable to buy a round trip but only use the return? Its cheaper by 400 bux. Or do you have to use go to the destination first before the return is activated?

Fare from manila to us us almost double than the fare from us to MNL. Its nuts.

You must use the tickets in the order of the flights listed. To not use the inbound causes the airline to cancel the rest of the ticket. In your example, if you buy a PI to USA and USA to PI and do not use the PI to USA leg then the USA to PI leg is canceled. This is to prevent what you are trying to do as the airlines would have to change their pricing structure. Very rarely are two seats the same price, unless purchased together. Why are one-way tickets usually much more than round-trip and why are combined tickets cheaper than putting the legs together yourself?

Good luck,

Dave

[Dave&Roza 748]

just booked my flight yesterday 1119 from mnl to ict (delta). the march dates are like more expensive (additional 300+). april 1 was like 1400 while april 2 was 1119 so i picked that one lol. just checked again to see if round trip was cheaper but nope.

I would love to find a ticket for JUST $1400 RT. That is usually the price of one of the legs. I've looked at flying west insead of east and the prices are even higher. At least there is not much of a difference in price unless it is over Xmas. Then you pay another $500 per ticket. That's what I get for finding a woman who lives half way around the world. I hope this year it is just paying to get the MIL over here rather than the two of us going to visit.

How expensive it is in th eeye of the beholder.

Have a good trip,.

Dave

[Rosie_Todd 8]

Missing the first flight in an itinerary will cause all remaining seats in the itinerary to be cancelled.

[ddnpinky 4]

Hi! Just wanted to know what could be the best website to find the cheapest one way air fare ticket from Manila to Atlanta? Hope to have some responses...