Reasonably Priced Openjaws are Gone
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Reasonably Priced Openjaws are Gone
A few years ago, I made great use of the multicity feature on the klm website to book openjaws. The German site seemd to be great for this, and I often began a journey to the UK in Switzerland, with the return back to Germany (e.g. GVA-AMS-EDI then EDI-AMS-NUE). Sometimes the prices were even better than ordinary round trips.
Now, it would seem this is no longer possible. I want to do a FRA-AMS-ABZ followed by ABZ-AMS-DUS, and it prices out at silly prices, whereas a straight round trip can be as low as EUR149. I have tried other combinations, such as flying into ABZ and out of EDI, and it does not yield anything reasonable.
I am doing anything wrong, or are the days of playing with openjaws for reasonable fares over? Some of the ordinary round trips are a great deal, especially for obtaining segments cheaply. But flying out of FRA and back into FRA is going to leave me with a bit of a train trip at either end.. which arguably takes away the financial advantage an ordinary round trip offers.
Now, it would seem this is no longer possible. I want to do a FRA-AMS-ABZ followed by ABZ-AMS-DUS, and it prices out at silly prices, whereas a straight round trip can be as low as EUR149. I have tried other combinations, such as flying into ABZ and out of EDI, and it does not yield anything reasonable.
I am doing anything wrong, or are the days of playing with openjaws for reasonable fares over? Some of the ordinary round trips are a great deal, especially for obtaining segments cheaply. But flying out of FRA and back into FRA is going to leave me with a bit of a train trip at either end.. which arguably takes away the financial advantage an ordinary round trip offers.
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It depends on the city pairs. Open jaws still exist for reasonable prices, but perhaps they are not available for the city pairs you are trying. A great tool for this might be ITA Matrix, where you can select a range of departure and arrival airports, it will find the lowest priced open-jaw for you.
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They are indeed still possible, i'm currently on a AMS-OSL//TRD-AMS trip for a reasonable price. If it suits your schedule you might want to look at beginning and ending in the same country, maybe that works?
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I want to do a FRA-AMS-ABZ followed by ABZ-AMS-DUS, and it prices out at silly prices, whereas a straight round trip can be as low as EUR149. I have tried other combinations, such as flying into ABZ and out of EDI, and it does not yield anything reasonable.
I am doing anything wrong, or are the days of playing with openjaws for reasonable fares over?
I am doing anything wrong, or are the days of playing with openjaws for reasonable fares over?
Meanwhile, it seems AF will still allow open-jaws on all its European fares from Germany (including X, R, and N). So, using some random future dates on klm.com, I was able to find an RSR4DE fare FRA-ABZ-DUS on AF for €224:
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I find KVS Tool extremely useful for investigating this sort of thing.
However, in this case FRA (Frankfurt) and DUS (Dusseldorf) are in the same country...
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Thanks guys, some good suggestions here. I must say, I am loath to pay EUR224 (or EUR282, which is the price that I have been getting) when I can get an ordinary round trip for as little as EUR146, which includes 4 segments!
I haven't tried an openjaw in the country of destination (i.e. into ABZ, out from EDI), so I will try that now.
I haven't tried an openjaw in the country of destination (i.e. into ABZ, out from EDI), so I will try that now.