Originally Posted by
CIT85
Open jaw - Fly into one city and out of another city. In your case, Fly into Vienna, Vinnea to Prague by train, and fly out of Prague on the same airline ticket. A lot of FT award tavels are with open jaw or stopover (stop in another city enroute to destination, or stop on way back). You can price your airfare RT into Vienna and open jaw Vinnea/Prague and factor in train one way vs RT to decide which way is best.
I thought that open jaw meant you started and stopped at a different airport, period.
I've done a few FT award travels, but we always started/stopped at the same airport. When we went to Ireland/London, we flew back to Dublin the final night and stayed at Clondorf Castle (which was awesome). And when we went to Rome/Sorrento, we rented a car from the Hilton as we were leaving and drove to Sorrento...and then drove the rental car back to the Rome Airport and spent the night. When we went to Budapest, we flew into AMS, took Skyeurope to AMS (no longer offers that route) and when we left Budapest, we stayed the remainder of our vacation in AMS and flew out afterward (again, same airport).
I don't think I realized that airlines gave you the option (unless you paid WAY more) of stopping and starting somewhere other than your final destination for the same cost that it would if you didn't...that surprises me.
Thanks for the info....especially where to get RT from. This part is still something I need help on....
Dawn