FindAWay

Not dumb - I do the exact same thing (though, with a folder instead of an envelope). And, I found myself printing my recent R/T bookings (using the 20% coupon code) twice so that the order and the system can remain in place!

rajuabju

I dont fly wn nearly as much as I used to, but definitely some very good points in here

Dangjr213

Not dumb. I hate when kayak has my hotel checkout after my flight because checkout is noon and the flight is early. I always have to edit the times. It's basically the same thing but digital instead of paper

TheDona1d

More chatter here: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/south...into-legs.html

djp98374

Just for clarity.....hidden city is you are flying PDX to LAS and you see a PDX-LAS-PHX is cheaper than the first leg so you book it but don't check bags and then leave the plane in LAS informing the gate agent you aren't taking the connection due to a change in plans. Had you did this on the first part of a RT you would forfeit the rest of your round trip flight.

djp98374

I get why you do it....I would think you could just print out you flight info twice for a round trip and put them in order. When I travel I will order my docs that way. I usually staple them together then just flip the page as I'm farther along on my trip.

InkUnderNails

Reread 3rd paragraph.

Also, with OW the confirmation is titled by the destination city. Let's say I am going to Portland. The OW to Portland says Portland. The OW back says Nashville.

It is sort of weird getting rental car and hotel offers for home, but I just ignore them.

spchester

I'm a big believer in booking one ways, but I hadn't realized or thought about this consequence before:

Does this apply to a round trip that is not really a round trip? I recently booked ALB-MDW-LAS & LAS-ONT because it was only $70 more than ALB-MDW-ONT and gets me home 5 hours earlier! Will I run into this issue with the boarding passes? The system wouldn't let me book companion pass on the flight either and I had to call WN and an agent was able to do it, but my companion has two confirmation numbers.

I guess the major point of clarification: is it checkin that is prevented or printing the boarding pass? Getting the BP is not a big deal, but delayed check-in certainly could be.

Do I need to call and have them split or cancel the LAS-ONT leg to a new confirmation in order to checkin for the flight? I'm BS from ALB-MDW-LAS, but WGA and would prefer to get my normal A+ boarding position for LAS-ONT.

uastarflyer

Why do you need to inform the gate agent?

InkUnderNails

It's nice. It lets them know your seat will be available. They also will not spend 10 minutes on the airport PA system asking for you.

toomanybooks

And not canceling makes it less likely that WN will keep allowing this practice in the future.

braddqq

I thought of another good reason (I knew I could come up with one).

We all know that if you want to refare your existing flight, you need to cancel your companion's ticket first (really a pain in the a**). Well, by booking two one-ways, you at least have the ability to just reprice one way for the primary and add the companion back by NOT risking that the other way will have no seats left when you try to add that leg back too.

Example, we are flying OAK to LAS from Thurs- Sun. There are hardly any seats left on the Sun prime time flight, but tons of Thurs night seats, and in fact, the amount of points dropped. I could not cancel the companion pass in order to take advantage of this, because there was only 1 seat left on the Sunday flight and I didn't want to risk not having a seat.

Amicus

Not dumb at all . . . I have always done this. Like you, I am a detailed list maker, and this method just seems *satisfying*, similar to crossing off items on my to do list.

But, sometimes I am forced to book round trips, which sometimes leads to complications, as in me earning A list mid-trip.

toomanybooks

From the OP:

"2. If one seat opens at a discount fare you can grab it for one passenger using Change Reservation or rebooking."

Perhaps a restatement of this point, but inspired by a current post in this forum: If you have let's say 5 people traveling together on OWs and the fare drops, you can try refaring them one-at-a-time until the system won't allow any more. Might be 1, 2, 3, who knows? Easier than the risk of messing with a RT, IMO.

Then sometimes after a lag (maybe overnight), more seats might open up at the lower price.

For people who book with points for co-travelers who don't fly much, the flow of points back into your account is smooth. A few bucks of TTFs each for people who rarely fly are a pain.

xmlsoa

Are return fares ever lower than one way fares? As is usually the case in International flights of other airlines.