Originally Posted by
apados
This may be something I should know, but for the life of me can't remember.. Also, I am in no way trying to break the rules, just trying to know what I should do when booking.
I have 3 back to back ( 6 M -F) trips coming up before the end of the year starting in a little over a week. Basically I'm flying to the same place on two consecutive weeks.
While I do get travel reimbursed, I try to keep costs for clients as low as possible. As such, i was wondering if its "legal" to basically book a R/T itin. for Monday on week 1(Point 1 to Point 2) and Friday on week 2 (Point 2 to Point 1)and then another R/T itin. for Friday on Week 1 (Point 2 to Point 1) and Monday on week 2 (Point 1 to Point 2).
I don't even know if its cheaper to do it this way, but was wondering if all you wise FT'ers out there knew what the rules were on something like this?
I am not planning to "ditch" any legs. I will definitely need to fly all of them (I like to get home...)..
Is there a name for this kind of booking?
and there is nothing illegal about it.
The first R/T flight you describe describes the outer points of the dates of your flight, the second R/T flight you describe all take place within that time frame, hence "nested".
This is fine to do and the airline should
NOT call you on it. How would they know whether you needed to fly home for an anticipated function that occured within the timeframe of a business trip??
If you really have any qualms remaining, book your first R/T flight on airline X, and your second R/T flight on airline Y. Absolutely no problem.