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Old Jan 21, 2016 | 2:57 pm
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Originally Posted by Flexible preferences
I didn't really understand this. I only booked a one way from PMO-LHR. Were you suggesting I had booked PMO-LHR-AMS-(LHR)-PMO and threw away the final LHR-PMO, and used the ams return for another time? I did price it up but it was E1025.73 I suspect something has got muddled up-thread here...

However, am I taking from this is sometimes a return from an outstation via lhr to another destination can get cheap CE tickets that don't come up on a one way?
I was quoting from ENTP, so that context needs to be added.

CE fares become cost effective if there is a Saturday night involved. And a return. But! It doesn't have to be a CE return. And! It doesn't need to be PMO either!

So CE single from PMO is: 427€
Return, with a Saturday night is: 464€
Return, Saturday night but "returning" ET is: 393€ - so we are saving money already

Or:
PMO-LHR//LGW-AMS - on one ticket CE throughout: 415€ (on the basis that the AMS service is going to be useful).

But! You can in theory (OK it's an ITA Matrix:
PMO-LHR//LGW-AMS, CE from Italy, ET from LGW: 323€

Now you'd have to call in for this, but it does work. Now believe or not, CE singles from PMO are pretty cheap, so this delta disappointed me since, for example, MAD, the saving can be much greater.
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