Originally Posted by
ksandness
I just booked a flight to Japan and found that (ugh!)LAX was the cheapest departure point by far, at least $600 less than other West Coast departures, cheap enough that I save money by flying in and out of LAX and watching for bargain fares from MSP>LAX.
Try a NRT>LAX>JFK itinerary.
I'm doing the same thing on my trip. Even with the separate domestic tickets it was $900/ticket cheaper to fly MSP-NRT via LAX.
Originally Posted by
mikesown
I'm planning a RTW trip. I priced out RTW tickets from the major alliances, and they are *significantly* more expensive than buying one-way tickets, so I'm planning to string together a bunch of one way flights to get me around the world.
I did hit one snag though. On my final leg, NRT->JFK, all of the one-way direct flights are only available in Y. American, for example, wants upwards of $5000 for a one way coach ticket, whereas I can buy a roundtrip ticket for $1200, since it's not refundable. Seems completely idiotic to me, since I could buy 4 roundtrip tickets for the price of a one way ticket.
I was wondering:
- Why are NRT-JFK open-jaw tickets only sold in Y?
- Is there any way around this restriction?
- Will anything happen if I buy a roundtrip ticket, and don't take the return leg?
If you don't care about carriers or routings, looks like MH is selling NRT-LAX o/w for $591 and LAX-JFK is $149 o/w on just about every carrier. Takes more time but saves you a considerable about of money over a o/w or buying a throwaway r/t on AA.