Uk domestic - no show outbound cancels inbound?
Apr 10, 2018, 2:49 pm
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Uk domestic - no show outbound cancels inbound?
I have 4 flights next week UK domestic - including a returning to London for a midweek meeting which may be cancelled.
However they are ticketed in order so the Monday outbound return Weds (meeting) flight on one PNR and the weds back return Friday is another.
Am am I right in thinking of I don’t fly the outbound the inbound will be cancelled even on domestic? I.e. unless I fly as booked I can’t return home Friday as I have to fly weds outbound to use Friday return.
Hope that makes sense...thanks in advance!
However they are ticketed in order so the Monday outbound return Weds (meeting) flight on one PNR and the weds back return Friday is another.
Am am I right in thinking of I don’t fly the outbound the inbound will be cancelled even on domestic? I.e. unless I fly as booked I can’t return home Friday as I have to fly weds outbound to use Friday return.
Hope that makes sense...thanks in advance!
Apr 10, 2018, 3:53 pm
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PNR's are irrelevant. Whether the next segment is inbound is irrelevant. It is tickets. All segments must be flown in the order issued. If not, then the remaining coupons (segments) are cancelled.
Apr 11, 2018, 1:43 am
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Your obvious solution in this case is that if your mid week meeting is cancelled, you move the Wednesday return to Friday and abandon or refund the second ticket.
More generally, unless flying Club on these flights, get one-way tickets or make the return tickets match your actual underlying travel pattern. If these had been booked as Mon-Fri return from London and Wed-Wed return to London you wouldn't have this problem,.
More generally, unless flying Club on these flights, get one-way tickets or make the return tickets match your actual underlying travel pattern. If these had been booked as Mon-Fri return from London and Wed-Wed return to London you wouldn't have this problem,.
Apr 11, 2018, 3:33 am
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The disadvantage of doing this is that it's usually more expensive to buy two one-way tickets than a return on BA. A year or two ago that wasn't the case for domestic and most European flights but it has applied to the flights I've flown or booked in recent months.
Apr 11, 2018, 5:39 am
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The fare difference varies depending on the individual flights chosen. For example some EDI-LHR flights I was looking at recently (Economy Basic fares) were £86 more expensive when bought as two one-way flights than as a return on one ticket.
Apr 11, 2018, 7:57 am
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It always pays to look at the price of singles vs. return. On some long-haul routes, a single may approach or even exceed a return, but that is rapidly fading and on short-haul it may be close to non-existent. That gap may well be less than change and other fees and may make purchasing singles the best approach.