Originally Posted by
swiftaw
The other alternative would be to book two round trips OMA-OGG-OMA and OGG-TYO-OGG, leaving a big enough time gap at OGG on the return, but I'm not sure if this would violate any united rules.
This is end-on-end ticketing and is generally fine.
Originally Posted by
swiftaw
Also, we are not committed to OGG and TYO, if we found two other places where the triangle priced out nicely that would work too. We are also very flexible on dates.
Any thoughts/insights/help would be appreciated.
Two thoughts:
1 - Go further on your first leg. In general, you'll get a better price on a circle trip (which is what you're describing) if the remote (Asian) leg is shorter than either of the overwater legs. OMA-OGG is shorter than OGG-TYO, which is causing the problem.
2 - Once you've revised your destinations, try pricing it two different ways. For example's sake, suppose that you selected HKG and TPE. Try pricing it as OMA-HKG/HKG-TPE/TPE-OMA using multiple destinations, and then try OMA-HKG/TPE-OMA using multiple destinations and then HKG-TPE with Kayak and compare the two. Sometimes you can get a better deal on an international one-way segment when it's
not part of a larger trip.