Round-Trip Discounts
Aug 29, 2019, 4:27 pm
#1
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Join Date: May 2008
Location: PHL (kinda, no airport is really close)
Programs: AA Exp, but not sure for how long. Enterprise Platinum woo-hoo!
Posts: 4,550
Round-Trip Discounts
I noticed some fares on my regular route, PHL-LAS, that appear to be cheaper as round-trips than as two one-ways.
I was looking to go out Dec. 7 and return Dec. 14. The one-way main cabin fares are around $249. However if you take the westbound 5:50PM departure the round-trip fare is $355 and if you take any other nonstop it's $416.
The round-trip first class fare is $1161, while the one-ways are $608.
I'd have been much happier if I didn't need extra EQD's to make EXP for 2020.
I was looking to go out Dec. 7 and return Dec. 14. The one-way main cabin fares are around $249. However if you take the westbound 5:50PM departure the round-trip fare is $355 and if you take any other nonstop it's $416.
The round-trip first class fare is $1161, while the one-ways are $608.
I'd have been much happier if I didn't need extra EQD's to make EXP for 2020.
Aug 29, 2019, 5:32 pm
#2
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Live: IWI; Work: DCA/Everywhere; Play: LAS/SJU/MLE
Programs: AA EXP, DL PM, Hyatt Glob, Marriott Ambassador/LTP, Nat'l Exec Elite, LEYE Gold
Posts: 6,670
Nothing new here. The days of big discounts for roundtrip/sat stay have generally long been over for domestic US travel. But there remain plenty of markets like yours that keep a discount. Check out PHL-TYS (Knoxville) for a more extreme example: $608 one way in coach, but $323 roundtrip, essentially any day of the week, for 90 min in an all-coach E45 or CRJ.