At the end of this month I will be making my last flight between BHX and BKK after some 10 years of regular commuting.

As this is the last flight, I’ve decided to treat myself and fork out on a J flight (all previous self-funded fights have been in Y except for the occasional upgrade using my miles or opup).

I’ve just looked on EK for a single J ticket BHX-DBX-BKK and been quoted £2042.01. This showed that the ticket was a Flex.

I then did a couple of other searches (using the same outbound date and flights) but requesting a return flight.

A return J was quoted at £2012.11, some £30 less than the single, and both ‘legs’ this time showed they were Saver fares.

A third search requesting a J on the outbound and a Y on the return was quoted at £1446.11, nearly £600 less than the single fare. Both ‘legs’ showed as Saver fares.

In the ‘good old days’ I seem to recall that a return fare was normally made up of 2 singles. It now seems that a return is cheaper than a single. I know that I’m getting long in the tooth but I fail to see the logic?

If anyone can advise how I can get a single J Saver fare it would be much appreciated.